We discount the pain of people we don't like

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Public release date: 3-Oct-2011
Contact: Christine Rullo
Elsevier Health Sciences
We discount the pain of people we don't like
According to a new study published in Pain

Philadelphia, PA, October 3, 2011 – If a patient is not likeable, will he or she be taken less seriously when exhibiting or complaining about pain? Reporting in the October 2011 issue of Pain®, researchers have found that observers of patients estimate lower pain intensity and are perceptually less sympathetic to the patients' pain when the patients are not liked.

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