Placebo effect and meaning. A functional-psychological account;Placeboeffekt und Bedeutung: Eine funktionalpsychologische Betrachtung

Psychologische Rundschau

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Schneider, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expectation; Functional analysis; Placebo effect; PSI Theory; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944466053     PISSN: 00333042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0033-3042.56.3.201     Document Type: Review

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