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The Effect of Varying Stimulus Parameters on Judgments of Nociceptive Electrical Stimulation
Author(s) -
Price Kenneth P.,
Tursky Bernard
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1975.tb00069.x
Subject(s) - psychology , predictability , nociception , stimulus (psychology) , stimulation , audiology , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , medicine , receptor , physics , quantum mechanics
The effect of varying duration and increment of step‐increase of electrical stimulation on the reliability and interjudgment predictability of subjective nociceptive judgments (discomfort, pain, and tolerance) was tested. Differences in mA levels for the nociceptive judgments were consistent but small in comparison to the changes in step and duration. Previous findings related to reliability and predictability were confirmed, and the implications of these findings for the use of electrical stimulation as a pain stimulus are discussed.