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TOWARD A NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN
Author(s) -
CASEY KENNETH L.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1969.hed0804141.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , psychology , computer science
PAIN COMMANDS attention. It commands the attention of those engaged in brain research because of its fundamental biological significance; it commands the attention of the clinician, for he is asked to alleviate it; and, almost by definition, it commands the patient's attention for, more than any of the other senses, pain has the capacity to tap motivational drives, disrupt thought and behavior, and influence feeling or affect.