Social cues influence perception of others' pain.
Journal
European journal of pain (London, England)
ISSN: 1532-2149
Titre abrégé: Eur J Pain
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9801774
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 Dec 2023
26 Dec 2023
Historique:
revised:
30
10
2023
received:
25
07
2023
accepted:
08
12
2023
medline:
26
12
2023
pubmed:
26
12
2023
entrez:
26
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Accurately perceiving other people's pain is important in both daily life and healthcare settings. However, judging other's pain is inherently difficult and can be biased by various social and cultural factors. Here, we examined whether perception of others' pain and pain management recommendations are socially influenced by seeing the opinions of other raters. In Experiment 1 (N = 50), participants rated pictures depicting injured hands or feet of pre-selected high, medium and low intensities. Each picture was preceded by cues indicating ratings of 10 previous participants. Cues were randomized to indicate low (Social Experiment 1 revealed that perceivers' pain estimates were significantly and substantially higher for stimuli following Social Together, these studies reveal that judgements of others' pain are robustly modulated by information about others' opinions. Future research could test the prevalence and strength of such effects in clinical settings. The present study shows that even arbitrary opinions of other raters influence the perception of others' pain. This finding adds new insight into the growing evidence of social and cultural biases in pain estimation.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Accurately perceiving other people's pain is important in both daily life and healthcare settings. However, judging other's pain is inherently difficult and can be biased by various social and cultural factors. Here, we examined whether perception of others' pain and pain management recommendations are socially influenced by seeing the opinions of other raters.
METHODS
METHODS
In Experiment 1 (N = 50), participants rated pictures depicting injured hands or feet of pre-selected high, medium and low intensities. Each picture was preceded by cues indicating ratings of 10 previous participants. Cues were randomized to indicate low (Social
RESULTS
RESULTS
Experiment 1 revealed that perceivers' pain estimates were significantly and substantially higher for stimuli following Social
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Together, these studies reveal that judgements of others' pain are robustly modulated by information about others' opinions. Future research could test the prevalence and strength of such effects in clinical settings.
SIGNIFICANCE
CONCLUSIONS
The present study shows that even arbitrary opinions of other raters influence the perception of others' pain. This finding adds new insight into the growing evidence of social and cultural biases in pain estimation.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Informations de copyright
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