Undergraduate Honors Theses
Title
Social- and Computer-based Generated Expectations about Pain Influence Pain Experience Similarly
Thesis Defended
Spring 2015
Document Type
Thesis
Type of Thesis
Departmental Honors
Department
Psychology & Neuroscience
First Advisor
Tor Wager
Second Advisor
Heidi Day
Third Advisor
Rolf Norgaard
Fourth Advisor
Joseph Berta
Abstract
Twenty-two participants were divided into social- and computer-based groups testing whether the type of source regarding upcoming pain influenced how the participants experienced heat pain. Effects were found on pain ratings based on the temperature of the actual stimulus and also whether the information about the upcoming pain was rated overall high or overall low. No other effects were found leading to the conclusion that the source of the information about the upcoming pain stimulus does not matter as much as the information received about the stimulus.
Recommended Citation
Mian, Noreen, "Social- and Computer-based Generated Expectations about Pain Influence Pain Experience Similarly" (2015). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 927.
https://scholar.colorado.edu/honr_theses/927
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