Assessing the effect of pain on demands for attentional resources using ERPs

Michael E. Houlihan; Patrick J. McGrath; John F. Connolly; Gerhard Stroink; G. Allen Finley; Bruce Dick; Tan Trao Phi

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.08.001

Assessing the effect of pain on demands for attentional resources using ERPs

Michael E. Houlihan, Patrick J. McGrath, John F. Connolly, Gerhard Stroink, G. Allen Finley, Bruce Dick, Tan Trao Phi

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Abstract

Event-related potentials were used as an adjunct to behavioral and self-report measures to examine the impact of pain in a short-term memory-scanning task. P3 amplitude was reduced and a frontal slow wave was increased during pain regardless of the number of items in memory. Results are discussed in terms of pain affecting an attention-switch mechanism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	181-187
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Psychophysiology
Volume	51
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.08.001
Publication status	Published - Jan 2004

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Thanks to Chris Eccleston for his comments on an earlier draft of this article. This study was supported by a grant from the IWK Health Centre. Dr Houlihan was supported by a grant from the IWK Health Center. Dr McGrath was supported by a Distinguished Scientist Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

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General Neuroscience
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology (medical)

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