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Contextual determinants of pain judgments

  • M.O. Martel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Que., Canada H3A 1B1
    • ,
  • P. Thibault

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Que., Canada, H3A 1B1
    • ,
  • C. Roy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 Succ Centre Ville, Montréal, Que., H3C 3J7
    • ,
  • R. Catchlove

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Que., Canada H3A 1B1
    • ,
  • M.J.L. Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Montréal, Que., Canada H3A 1B1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 398 5677; fax: +1 514 343 4896.

Received 17 December 2007 ,Revised 29 May 2008 ,Accepted 5 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.06.010

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