Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8623044 | Scandinavian Journal of Pain | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
As swearing can increase pain tolerance in both Japanese and British people, it may be suggested that swearword mediated hypoalgesia is a universal phenomenon that transcends socio-cultural learnt behaviours. Furthermore, swearing could be encouraged as an intervention to help people cope with acute painful stimuli.
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Authors
Olivia Robertson, Sarita Jane Robinson, Richard Stephens,