… and underwent resting-state fMRI after pain processing. Results … on pain engages brain
regions that signal pain anticipation, … To further investigate placebo-induced changes in intrinsic …

… 11 , a mega-analysis of placebo-induced brain activity can be … negatively correlated with
placebo-induced changes in brain … decreases in areas strongly activated in pain. The strongest …

… pain could cause bias in the evaluation of the pain experienced in the fMRI acquisition phase
due to the “painful … Several studies have proposed that the anticipation of pain triggers a …

… experiencing decreased levels of pain. This model of placebo-induced analgesia can be …
perceived as a cognitive engagement involving the anticipation of an event that has proved to …

… fMRI studies that compare placebo administration with a control treatment (ie, no expected
pain relief) indicate that pain-… Images of placebo-induced reductions (upper middle) were …

… This study used ultra-high-field 7 tesla functional MRI (fMRI) to accurately resolve … modulate
their pain relative to a third Vaseline (control) cream. In a subsequent test phase, fMRI image …

… mechanical pain trials, we found significant placebo-induced … analgesia and neural
placebo-induced changes, as was … (as in most previous placebo fMRI studies) are unreliable, and …

… Changes in health outcomes (eg, pain) after a placebo … particularly strong in studies on pain
and depression, where up … effects and natural fluctuations in pain, which is not feasible using …

… during expectation anticipation and pain administration, … found placebo-induced activations
in bilateral DLPFC during pain … were the subjective pain ratings and fMRI signal changes to …

… imaging (fMRI) … experienced lower pain intensity and unpleasantness during the placebo
condition, confirming that observational learning can lead to placebo-induced reductions of pain…