An analysis of factors that contribute to the magnitude of placebo analgesia in an experimental paradigm
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 83 (2) , 147-156
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(99)00081-0
Abstract
Placebo analgesia was produced by conditioning trials wherein heat induced experimental pain was surreptitiously reduced in order to test psychological factors of expectancy and desire for pain reduction as possible mediators of placebo analgesia. The magnitudes of placebo effects were assesKeywords
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