The neural bases of placebo effects in pain

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Wager, Tor D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Expectancy; fMRI; Pain; Placebo

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744477217     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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