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The smile of pain

  • Miriam Kunz

      Affiliations

    • Physiological Psychology, Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Markuspl. 3, 96045 Bamberg, Germany
    • Department of Stomatology and Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Universite de Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Physiological Psychology, Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Markuspl. 3, 96045 Bamberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 951 8631850; fax: +49 951 8631976.
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  • Kenneth Prkachin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Stefan Lautenbacher

      Affiliations

    • Physiological Psychology, Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Markuspl. 3, 96045 Bamberg, Germany

Received 19 December 2008 ,Revised 4 April 2009 ,Accepted 10 April 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00219-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.009

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