The relation of emotions to placebo responses

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1572, 2011, Pages 1818-1827

  Flaten, Magne Arve ^a   Aslaksen, Per M ^a   Lyby, Peter S ^a   Bjørkedal, Espen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Emotion; Operant conditioning; Pain; Placebo analgesia; Placebo effect

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

DRUG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGY; SIGNAL; SYMPTOM;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLACEBO EFFECT;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956354178     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0407     Document Type: Article

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