The influence of expectations on shame, rumination and cognitive flexibility: an experimental investigation on affect-regulatory characteristics of deceptive placebos

BackgroundSeveral studies identified affect-regulatory qualities of deceptive placebos within negative and positive affect. However, which specific characteristics of an affect-regulatory framing impacts the placebo effect has not yet been subject to empirical investigations. In particular, it is un...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Leonora Nina Schäfer, Winfried Rief
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
Subjects:	placebo effect expectation affect cognition shame rumination
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1502460/full

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