Psychological placebo and nocebo effects on pain rely on expectation and previous experience

Journal of Pain

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 203-214

  Reicherts, Philipp ^a   Gerdes, Antje B M ^b   Pauli, Paul ^a   Wieser, Matthias J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

expectation; experience; nocebo hyperalgesia; placebo hypoalgesia; Psychological placebo intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EXPECTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCEBO EFFECT; NOCICEPTION; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACEBO EFFECT; THERMAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; CONDITIONING; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; NOCEBO EFFECT; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959537423     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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