Course Description

Psychology 487F/G Psychology of Pain

Topics include the psychological, clinical, and physiological manifestations of the pain experience, the major theories of pain, congenital insensitivity to pain, psychophysical assessment of the sensory and affective components of pain, and placebo effects. Various treatment methods will be discussed.

Antirequisites: Psychology 419a/b if taken on main campus during 1982-89 and Psychology 319a if taken on main campus during 1990- 91.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honors Psychology status.

3 lecture/seminar hours, half course.

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