Differential Classical Conditioning of the Nocebo Effect: Increasing Heat-Pain Perception without Verbal Suggestions

Background: Nocebo effects, including nocebo hyperalgesia, are a common phenomenon in clinical routine with manifold negative consequences. Both explicit expectations and learning by conditioning are known to induce nocebo effects, but the specific role of conditioning remains unclear, because condi...

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Main Authors: Anne-Kathrin Bräscher, Dieter Kleinböhl, Rupert Hölzl, Susanne Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02163/full