Placebo expectations and the detection of somatic information

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-217

  Geers, Andrew L ^a   Wellman, Justin A ^b   Fowler, Stephanie L ^a   Rasinski, Heather M ^a   Helfer, Suzanne G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ADRIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Expectation; Placebo effect; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBOS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79958274985     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-010-9301-9     Document Type: Article

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