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Pain‐related cues are evolutionarily primed to capture attention, although evidence of attentional biases towards pain‐related information is mixed in healthy individuals. The present study explores whether healthy individuals show significantly… Click to show full abstract
Pain‐related cues are evolutionarily primed to capture attention, although evidence of attentional biases towards pain‐related information is mixed in healthy individuals. The present study explores whether healthy individuals show significantly different eye‐movement behaviours when viewing real‐world pain‐related scenes compared to neutral scenes. The effect of manipulating via written information the threat value of the pain‐related scenes on eye‐movement behaviours was also assessed.
Journal Title: European Journal of Pain
Year Published: 2019
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