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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of age on ability to discriminate between levels of electrical stimulation of tooth pulp and willingness to report shocks as painful was evaluated using the Sensory Decision Theory. While threshold did not increase with age for tooth pulp stimulation as is often observed for thermal pain thresholds, a significant age deficit in ability to discriminate between suprathreshold shocks was observed. Significant changes with age in willingness to report the electrical shocks as painful were also observed. These results indicate that changes with age in pain perception are complex, involving not only possible discrimination deficits but also changes in bias for and against labeling noxious events as painful. These findings stress the need for within individual comparisons of laboratory techniques for evoking acute pain experiences where variables such as age are under consideration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0304-3959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection and decision factors in pain perception in young and elderly men.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.