Placebo analgesia induced by social observational learning

Pain

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-34

  Colloca, Luana ^a   Benedetti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Empathy; Expectation; Placebo effect; Social observational learning; Verbal suggestion

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEARNING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAMICIDIN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349133164     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.01.033     Document Type: Article

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