Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Self-referential selective memory in pain patients

T Pincus1, S Pearce, A McClelland

  • 1Department of Psychology, University College London, UK.

The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
|September 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

TB preventive therapy: uptake and time to initiation during implementation of '7-1-7'.

IJTLD open·2024
Same author

Applying 'timeliness' to the screening and prevention of TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients.

IJTLD open·2024
Same author

Timeliness metrics for screening and preventing TB in household contacts of pulmonary TB patients in Kenya.

IJTLD open·2024
Same author

Using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy in the private sector, India.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease·2024
Same author

Response to Dr. Wolfe.

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism·2023
Same author

Patients' and clinicians' perspectives towards primary care consultations for shoulder pain: qualitative findings from the Prognostic and Diagnostic Assessment of the Shoulder (PANDA-S) programme.

BMC musculoskeletal disorders·2023
Same journal

A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature on the experiences of alliance ruptures within psychotherapy.

The British journal of clinical psychology·2026
Same journal

Imagery rescripting for generalized anxiety disorder: A case series.

The British journal of clinical psychology·2026
Same journal

Acceptance and commitment therapy combined with behavioural strategies and self-compassion versus cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Feasibility, acceptability, and randomized pilot.

The British journal of clinical psychology·2026
Same journal

Resilience as a moderator of the association between emotion regulation difficulties and depressive symptoms in late adolescence and young adulthood.

The British journal of clinical psychology·2026
Same journal

Predictors of worry-related safety behaviours and avoidance.

The British journal of clinical psychology·2026
Same journal

A borderline personality disorder diagnosis may improve clinical psychology trainees' treatment beliefs.

The British journal of clinical psychology·2026
See all related articles

Chronic pain patients exhibit recall bias for pain stimuli when encoded self-referentially, unlike controls. This self-reference effect may worsen pain perception and helplessness.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Recall bias for pain stimuli is a significant factor in chronic pain.
  • Self-referential processing may influence memory recall in clinical populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of self-reference on recall bias for pain stimuli.
  • To compare recall bias in chronic pain patients versus control groups.

Main Methods:

  • Participants encoded sensory pain, affective, and neutral words under self-referential and other-person reference conditions.
  • Recall scores were analyzed using a 2x2x3 factorial ANOVA with likelihood ratings as a covariate.

Main Results:

  • A significant three-way interaction was found between group, reference type, and word type.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Pain patients showed increased recall of sensory words and decreased recall of neutral words when encoded self-referentially.
  • Control subjects did not exhibit recall bias for word types regardless of encoding condition.

    • Conclusions:

    • Chronic pain patients demonstrate a self-reference effect for pain-related stimuli, selectively recalling more pain-associated words.
    • This selective recall bias may contribute to feelings of helplessness and intensify the emotional impact of pain.
    • Findings suggest self-referential encoding plays a role in memory biases within chronic pain populations.