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The effect of novel distractors on physiological responses to pain

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posted on 2024-11-11, 13:03 authored by Ran D O'Donohue
This thesis reports a psychophysiological examination of the effects of distractors on pain in the cold-pressor test (immersion of a limb in ice-cold water). Visual distractor stimuli at two levels of novelty were compared with no distraction in a between-group design.

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Year

2003

Thesis type

  • Masters thesis

Faculty/School

Department of Psychology

Language

English

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Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.

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