Placebo-suggestion modulates conflict resolution in the Stroop Task.

Here, we ask whether placebo-suggestion (without any form of hypnotic induction) can modulate the resolution of cognitive conflict. Naïve participants performed a Stroop Task while wearing an EEG cap described as a "brain wave" machine. In Experiment 1, participants were made to believe th...

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Main Authors: Pedro A Magalhães De Saldanha da Gama, Hichem Slama, Emilie A Caspar, Wim Gevers, Axel Cleeremans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3794044?pdf=render