February 16, 2006

Annotated Citation #2

Research Methods Lab

Tuesday 9am

Arntz, A., & Hopmans, M. (1998). Unpredicted pain disrupts more than correctly predicted pain, but does not hurt more. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36, 1121-1129.

            This study was conducted in order to find whether or not unpredicted pain may disrupt thought processing and focus as opposed to correctly predicted pain.  Forty female students were examined and after a certain amount of time were given both types of shocks.  In the end it was found that though the more painful shocks were the ones that were expected, unexpected shocks caused more disruption of focus and thought processing.  Another side study of the research concluded that unpredicted shocks caused heart rate to rise as well.

Kohro, S., Yamakage, M., Arakawa, J., Kotaki, M., Omote, T., & Namiki, A. (1998). Surgical/tourniquet pain accelerates blood coagulability but not fibrinolysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 80, 460-463.

Luginbuhl, M., Schnider, T. W., Petersen-Felix, S., Arendt-Nielsen, L., & Zbinden, A. M. (2001). Comparison of Five Experiment Pain Tests to Measure Analgesic Effects of Alfentanil. Anesthesiology, 95(1), 22-28.