title: Why become more general when we can be more specific? Comment on Hollins et al. "Perceived intensity and unpleasantness of cutaneous and auditory stimuli: an evaluation of the generalized hypervigilance hypothesis" [Pain 2009;141:215-221], and on Rollman "Perspectives on hypervigilance" [Pain 2009;141:183-184].
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK READ - Unité de Réadaptation et de Médecine physique, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve & Brussels, Belgium Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Centre for Pain Research, School for Health, University of Bath, UK.
authors.forename: Stefaan Van
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Damme
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crombez
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wiech
authors.forename: Valéry
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Legrain
authors.forename: Madelon L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eccleston
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012001:Hyperacusis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology*; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology