Investigating the 'placebo personality' outside the pain paradigm

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 414-421

  Darragh, Margot ^a   Booth, Roger J ^a   Consedine, Nathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Personality; Placebo effect; Placebo responder; Stress recovery

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; SEROTONIN;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRIVE; EMPATHY; EXTRAVERSION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIMISM; PAIN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SENSATION SEEKING;

HEART RATE; PERSONALITY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PLACEBO RESPONDER; STRESS RECOVERY;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 84898816387     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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