TITLE:
Discounting future pain: Effects on self-reported pain
AUTHORS:
Pablo Brañas-Garza, Maria P. Espinosa, Maria Repolles Pro
KEYWORDS:
Discounting, Pain anticipation, Sensitivity and endurance
JOURNAL NAME:
Neuroscience and Medicine,
Vol.1 No.1,
September
30,
2010
ABSTRACT: Empirical results are presented showing that people who acknowledge pain anticipation when expecting an injury experience higher sensitivity to pain (GREP, Robinson et al., 2001). The positive correlation between sensitivity and anticipation is highly significant. However, no relationship is found between anticipation and pain endurance.