Classical conditioning without verbal suggestions elicits placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia.

Classical conditioning without verbal suggestions elicits placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among classical conditioning, expectancy, and fear in placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia. A total of 42 healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to three groups: placebo, nocebo, and control. They received 96 electrical stimuli, preceded...

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Main Authors: Przemysław Bąbel, Elżbieta A Bajcar, Wacław Adamczyk, Paweł Kicman, Natalia Lisińska, Karolina Świder, Luana Colloca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5531508?pdf=render

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