Attention Bias to Pain Words Comes Early and Cognitive Load Matters: Evidence from an ERP Study on Experimental Pain

Table 1

Basic information for participants () [24].

		EP ()	CT ()	,
Age (years)				0.745	0.397
Subject number (female)		20 (11)	20 (9)	0.133	0.715
Years of education				0.519	0.478
VAS value			/	/	/
HADS	A			0.175	0.680
	D			4.033	0.056
STAI	S			1.792	0.193
	T			1.045	0.317

Abbreviations: EP: experimental pain persons; CT: control persons; VAS: visual analogue assessment scale; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; A: anxiety; D: depression; S: state of anxiety; T: trait of anxiety.