Can expectancies produce placebo effects for implicit learning?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 399-405

  Colagiuri, Ben ^a,b   Livesey, Evan J ^a   Harris, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contextual cuing; Expectancy; Implicit learning; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; REACTION TIME; SMELL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955767305     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0041-1     Document Type: Article

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