The psychophysiology of pain: a literature review - DOI: 10.3395/reciis.v2i1.133en

• Main Authors: Aline Oliveira Vitor (Author), Edson Lopes da Ponte (Author), Paula Matias Soares (Author), Maria Elizabeth de Sousa Rodrigues (Author), Raquel Cristina de Sousa Lima (Author), Krishnamurti de Moraes Carvalho (Author), Manoel Cláudio Andrade Patrocínio (Author), Silvânia Maria Mendes Vasconcelos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Icict) da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage". The sensory aspect of pain is associated with the transmission of the painful impulse...