A picture's worth: partner photographs reduce experimentally induced pain

Psychol Sci. 2009 Nov;20(11):1316-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02444.x. Epub 2009 Sep 24.

Authors

Sarah L Master¹, Naomi I Eisenberger, Shelley E Taylor, Bruce D Naliboff, David Shirinyan, Matthew D Lieberman

Affiliation

¹ University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. smaster@ucla.edu

PMID: 19788531
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02444.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Arousal*
Attention
Female
Humans
Pain Measurement
Pain Threshold*
Photography*
Psychomotor Performance
Reaction Time
Recognition, Psychology*
Social Support*
Spouses / psychology*