Abstract
This study demonstrates a procedural innovation designed to modify chronic pain behaviors which have been acquired through avoidance learning. Discussion focuses on avoidance learning as a seldom-investigated factor in the acquisition and maintenance of chronic pain behaviors.
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This study was supported in part by Research Grant NIH 16-P-56818/0-18 from the National Institute of Handicapped Research, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
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Fordyce, W.E., Shelton, J.L. & Dundore, D.E. The modification of avoidance learning pain behaviors. J Behav Med 5, 405–414 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00845370
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