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Background
The association between fear of pain (FOP) and pain intensity has remained unclear. This study aimed to examine whether highly pain‐fearful participants showed pain perceptual biases to general painful stimulus or to specific threatening painful stimulus.
Methods
Fifty‐nine undergraduates were recruited into low (n = 30) and high (n = 29) FOP groups and completed a threatening pain perception...