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Psychobiological sex differences in pain: Psychological as much as biological

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

K. Gijsbers  and
C. A. Niven
K. Gijsbers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stirling University, Stirling FK9 4LA, [email protected]
C. A. Niven
Affiliation:
Department of Nursing, Stirling University, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland
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Abstract

The argument of berkley for the existence sex differences in pain is based on biological factors. We suggest that the psychological evidence for such differences is more substantial.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 449
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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