Effects of exposure on perception of pain expression

Prkachin, Kenneth M.; Mass, Heather; Mercer, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.pain.2004.03.027

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“…Thus, in contrast to the general nonverbal expression literature, gender differences are not consistently found in the generation of facial expressions of pain. However, there is more consistent evidence for genderrelated effects in the decoding of facial expressions [27,28,53,66]. The same pain expression can be differentially interpreted by observers, depending on patient gender [28,66].…”

Section: Gender Differences In the Nonverbal Communication Of Painmentioning

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Gender differences in the nonverbal communication of pain: A new direction for sex, gender, and pain research?

Keogh

2014

Pain

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Section: Gender Differences In the Nonverbal Communication Of Painmentioning

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Gender differences in the nonverbal communication of pain: A new direction for sex, gender, and pain research?

Keogh

2014

Pain

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“…Discrepancies were resolved through discussion. Indices of pain behavior were computed separately for communicative and protective pain behaviors by summing the duration of pain behavior for each category (Prkachin et al 2004). …”

Section: Pain Behaviormentioning

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Perceived Injustice is Associated with Heightened Pain Behavior and Disability in Individuals with Whiplash Injuries

Sullivan

Davidson

Garfinkel

et al. 2009

Psychol. Inj. and Law

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The present study examined the relationship between perceived injustice associated with whiplash injury and displays of pain behavior. Individuals (N=85) with whiplash injuries were filmed while performing a simulated occupational lifting task. They were also asked to complete measures of pain, perceived injustice, catastrophic thinking, depression, and functional disability. Consistent with previous research, high levels of perceived injustice were associated with more intense pain, higher levels of catastrophic thinking, depression, and disability. Analyses revealed that individuals with high levels of perceived injustice displayed more protective pain behaviors than individuals with low levels of perceived injustice, regardless of the level of physical demand of the task. The relation between perceived injustice and protective pain behavior remained significant even when controlling for pain severity, catastrophic thinking, and depression. There was no significant association between perceived injustice and displays of communicative pain behavior. The results of this study suggest that the relation between perceived injustice and pain behavior might underlie the high prevalence of occupational disability in individuals who have sustained whiplash injuries. Implications for intervention are addressed.

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“…Even so, the expression of pain has also much in common with emotions. For example, the experience of pain connects to a distinct facial expression, which communicates the internal state of the subject and is recognizable in most conspecifics [Prkachin et al, 2004;Williams, 2002]. Pain is also a highly affective experience in the same way as the emotions are.…”

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Facial expressions of pain modulate observer's long‐latency responses in superior temporal sulcus

Kujala¹,

Tanskanen²,

Parkkonen³

et al. 2009

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The strength of brain responses to others' pain has been shown to depend on the intensity of the observed pain. To investigate the temporal profile of such modulation, we recorded neuromagnetic brain responses of healthy subjects to facial expressions of pain. The subjects observed grayscale photos of the faces of genuine chronic pain patients when the patients were suffering from their ordinary pain (Chronic) and when the patients' pain was transiently intensified (Provoked). The cortical activation sequence during observation of the facial expressions of pain advanced from occipital to temporo-occipital areas, and it differed between Provoked and Chronic pain expressions in the right middle superior temporal sulcus (STS) at 300-500 ms: the responses were about a third stronger for Provoked than Chronic pain faces. Furthermore, the responses to Provoked pain faces were about 40% stronger in the right than the left STS, and they decreased from the first to the second measurement session by one-fourth, whereas no similar decrease in responses was found for Chronic pain faces. Thus, the STS responses to the pain expressions were modulated by the intensity of the observed pain and by stimulus repetition; the location and latency of the responses suggest close similarities between processing of pain and other affective facial expressions.

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Effects of exposure on perception of pain expression

Cited by 64 publications

References 19 publications

Gender differences in the nonverbal communication of pain: A new direction for sex, gender, and pain research?

Gender differences in the nonverbal communication of pain: A new direction for sex, gender, and pain research?

Perceived Injustice is Associated with Heightened Pain Behavior and Disability in Individuals with Whiplash Injuries

Facial expressions of pain modulate observer's long‐latency responses in superior temporal sulcus

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