Do Tonic Itch and Pain Stimuli Draw Attention towards Their Location?
Antoinette I M van LaarhovenStefaan van DammeA Sjan P M LavrijsenDimitri M van RyckeghemGeert CrombezAndrea W M EversPublished in: BioMed research international (2017)
In contrast with our hypotheses, no indications were found for spatial attention allocation towards the somatosensory stimuli. This may relate to dynamic shifts in attention over the time course of the tonic sensations. Our secondary finding that itch and pain interfere with task performance is in-line with attention theories of bodily perception.