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Sensory and affective components of pain: Separation and synthesis.
Abstract
It has become increasingly accepted that pain is not simply a sensation generated by nociceptors, but a perceptual phenomenon with particular emotional qualities. The purpose of this article is to bring together vastly different streams of research on the divisibility of pain into sensory and affective components. Empirical evidence for this divisibility is drawn from recent studies using multivariate statistics, signal detection theory, and unidimensional scaling. An important conclusion is that separable though pain components may be, they are not necessarily independent. In critiquing previous research, new criteria are derived for partitioning pain into sensory and affective components. Finally, speculations are offered as to how these same components might be synthesized on the basis of theories of perceptual organization.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fernandez, E., & Turk, D. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1992
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 205-217
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2031208732
- Cited by
- 227
- References
- 121
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 3.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Treatment
- Keywords
- pain, affective component of pain, pain perception, nociception, signal detection theory, unidimensional scaling, perceptual organization
- MeSH terms
- Affective Symptoms, Female, Humans, Male, Pain, Psychomotor Performance, Sensation
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