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How Stereotypes Affect Pain. / Schwarz, Katharina A; Sprenger, Christian; Hidalgo, Pablo; Pfister, Roland; Diekhof, Esther K; Büchel, Christian.

In: SCI REP-UK, Vol. 9, No. 1, 13.06.2019, p. 8626.

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Harvard

Schwarz, KA, Sprenger, C, Hidalgo, P, Pfister, R, Diekhof, EK & Büchel, C 2019, 'How Stereotypes Affect Pain', SCI REP-UK, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 8626. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45044-y

APA

Schwarz, K. A., Sprenger, C., Hidalgo, P., Pfister, R., Diekhof, E. K., & Büchel, C. (2019). How Stereotypes Affect Pain. SCI REP-UK, 9(1), 8626. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45044-y

Vancouver

Schwarz KA, Sprenger C, Hidalgo P, Pfister R, Diekhof EK, Büchel C. How Stereotypes Affect Pain. SCI REP-UK. 2019 Jun 13;9(1):8626. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45044-y

Bibtex

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