Nocebo

Expecting Pain
How expectations shape pain sensitivity and relief.
Sensory-specific predictive models in the human anterior insula
Expectations affect the subjective experience of pain by increasing sensitivity to noxious events, an effect underlain by brain regions …
Gil Sharvit, Patrik Vuilleumier, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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Modality-specific effects of aversive expectancy in the anterior insula and medial prefrontal cortex
Expectations modulate the subjective experience of pain by increasing sensitivity to nociceptive inputs, an effect mediated by brain …
Gil Sharvit, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua, Patrik Vuilleumier
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Cross-modal and modality-specific expectancy effects between pain and disgust
Pain sensitivity increases when a noxious stimulus is preceded by cues predicting higher intensity. However, it is unclear whether the …
Gil Sharvit, Patrik Vuilleumier, Sylvain Delplanque, Corrado Corradi˗Dell'Acqua
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