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. 2012 Jun 29;7(6):e40215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040215

Table 4. Correlations between the normalized pain NRS on different levels of nociceptive images and the amplitudes of the later ERP components at selected sites (included only those with p<0.05).

Normalized Pain NRS
Level 1 Level 3 Level 5 Average
P2 Component
F4 –0.501 –0.549 –0.469 –0.456
Cz –0.455
P3 –0.444 –0.441
P3 Component
F4 –0.556 –0.483 –0.436
Cz –0.582
P3 –0.497 –0.449 –0.414
N400 Component
F4 –0.470 –0.549 –0.418
Cz –0.530 –0.417 –0.406
P3 –0.524
P600 Component
F4 –0.482
Cz –0.489

Note: All significant level was p<0.05; Normalized Pain NRS = NRSImagery–NRSPerception. Average normalized pain NRS is computed by averaging the ratings across five levels of stimulation.

No significant correlations were obtained for levels 2 and 4 normalized pain NRS.