Role of attentional focus in pain perception: Manipulation of response to noxious stimulation by instructions.

Physiological and subjective responses to pain producing stimulation under hypnotically-suggested and waking-imagined "analgesia."

Theodore Xenophon Barber, Karl W. Hahn · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1962 · 196 citations

Nursing, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

Stratagems for controlling pain: Contributions of auditory stimulation and suggestion

Ronald Melzack, A. Z. Weisz, L Sprague · Experimental Neurology · 1963 · 87 citations

Nursing, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12

Effects of different types of instructions on pain parameters.

Bernard Blitz, Albert J. Dinnerstein · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · 1968 · 57 citations

Medicine, Physical Medicine, Pain Management +13

Some preliminary experiments on the mutual influence of pains

Karl Duncker · Psychological Research · 1937 · 43 citations

Nursing, Behavioral Sciences, Pain Science +9

Effect of suggestion upon experimental pain: A validation study.

B. Berthold Wolff, Allan A. Horland · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · 1967 · 42 citations

Nursing, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +12