The effects of experimenter gender on pain report in male and female subjects

Abstract
Ither a male or female experimenter. The results indicated that males reported significantly less pain in front of a female experimenter than a male experimenter. The difference in female subjects was not significant although they tended to report higher pain to the male experimenter. ∗Correspondence to: Dr. Fredric M. Levine, Psychology Dept., State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-2500, U.S.A. Submitted February 22, 1990; revised July 17, 1990; accepted July 18, 1990. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers....