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Papers: 5 Jan 2019 - 11 Jan 2019

RESEARCH TYPE:
Psychology


Human Studies


2019 May


Eur J Pain


23


5

Rewarded placebo analgesia: A new mechanism of placebo effects based on operant conditioning.

Authors

Adamczyk WM, Wiercioch-Kuzianik K, Bajcar EA, Bąbel P
Eur J Pain. 2019 May; 23(5):923-935.
PMID: 30620151.

Abstract

Placebo analgesia is explained by two learning processes: classical conditioning and observational learning. A third learning process, operant conditioning, has not previously been investigated as a mechanism of placebo effects. We aimed to induce placebo analgesia by operant conditioning.