Clinical pain, abstraction, and self-control: being in pain makes it harder to see the forest for the trees and is associated with lower self-control
Helena Gunnarsson,1,2 Jens Agerström1 1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden; 2Helsa Vårdcentral, Osby, Sweden Objectives: Although abstract thinking is a fundamental dimension of human cognition, it has...
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Dove Medical Press
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pain Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.dovepress.com/clinical-pain-abstraction-and-self-control-being-in-pain-makes-it-hard-peer-reviewed-article-JPR |