Classical conditioning and the placebo effect

Pain

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Montgomery, G H ^a   Kirsch, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Expectancies; Placebo responses; Stimulus substitution

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DRUG RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030791869     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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