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Pain facial expression: Individual variability undermines the specific adaptationist account

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Christine R. Harris  and
Nancy Alvarado
Christine R. Harris
Affiliation:
Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109 [email protected]@psy.ucsd.edu http://psy.ucsd.edu/%7Echarris/ http://www.csupomona.edu/~nalvarado/
Nancy Alvarado
Affiliation:
Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109 [email protected]@psy.ucsd.edu http://psy.ucsd.edu/%7Echarris/ http://www.csupomona.edu/~nalvarado/
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Abstract

The proposal that there are specific adaptations for the expression and detection of pain appears premature on both conceptual and empirical grounds. We discuss criteria for the validation of a pain facial expression. We also describe recent findings from our lab on coping styles and pain expression, which illustrate the importance of considering individual differences when proposing evolutionary explanations.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , August 2002 , pp. 461 - 462
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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