Signal detection theory measurement of pain: A review and critique
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 3 (3), 187-211
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3959(77)90002-1
Abstract
The basic assumptions of signal detection theory were summarized, and studies which applied it to the study of pain in man were reviewed. A critique of these experiments was offered, suggesting that their extension of the model is inappropriate and that the results obtained are subject to multiple interpretations.This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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