Placebo and nocebo effects are embodied psycho-neurobiological responses capable of
modulating pain and producing changes at different neurobiological, body at perceptual and …

Accumulating evidence reveal important applications of endogenous pain modulation
assessment in healthy controls and in patients in clinical settings, as dysregulations in the …

Placebos are sham medical treatments. Nonetheless, they can have substantial effects on
clinical outcomes. Placebos depend on a person's psychological and brain responses to the …

Treatment outcomes are strongly influenced by expectations, as evidenced by the placebo
effect. Meta-analyses of clinical trials reveal that placebo effects are strongest in pain …

(1) Background: In recent years, placebo and nocebo effects have been extensively
documented in different medical conditions, including pain. The scientific literature has …

The analgesic placebo effect is well documented by numerous studies. Many important
influencing factors, however, are yet to be discovered. In the arena of placebo effects and …

Objectives: Following the recent research on algesic nocebo effects, the scope of this review
is to develop ethically acceptable strategies to help avoid, or at least reduce, nocebo …

Background: Increasing evidence for the efficacy of analgesic placebo effects in laboratory
studies with healthy persons raises the question whether placebos could be used to improve …

Pain and other somatosensory sensations, such as itch, can be effectively decreased by
placebo effects and increased by nocebo effects. There are indications that placebo effects …

Placebo and nocebo effects are intriguing phenomena in pain perception with important
implications for clinical research and practice because they can alleviate or increase pain …