Information About the Optimism of a Placebo/Nocebo Provider and Placebo/Nocebo Side Effects

BackgroundResearch has demonstrated that personality characteristics, such as optimism are associated with placebo/nocebo responding. The present study investigated whether written information about the optimism of a placebo/nocebo provider can influence the occurrence of reported placebo/nocebo sid...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carina Schlintl, Anne Schienle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.608595/full