One of the explanations for the negative effects of underpredicted aversive experiences is
that they have more impact than correctly predicted aversive experiences. In a laboratory …

Previous experimental research on the effects of incorrect intensity expectations of aversive
events can be criticized because intensity expectations were not manipulated independently …

After an underpredicted painful experience people tend to expect increased pain levels for a
considerable time, despite disconfirmatory experiences. Underpredictions also tend to raise …

The intensity of a painful stimulus was experimentally manipulated in order to induce
underpredictions of pain. The experiment aimed at (1) replicating previous findings on the …

Background Expectations of painful sensations constitute a core feature of chronic pain. An
important clinical question is whether such expectations are revised when disconfirming …

Expectancies can shape pain and other experiences. Generally, experiences change in the
direction of what is expected (ie, assimilation effects), as seen with placebo effects …

Fear-avoidance models of chronic pain consider excessive spreading (or
overgeneralization) of pain-related avoidance toward safe activities to play a crucial role in …

Objective The extent to which pain-related expectations, known to affect pain perception,
also affect perception of nonpainful sensations remains unclear, as well as the potential role …

Expectancies can shape pain experiences. Attention for the influence of expectancies on
pain has increased particularly due to research on placebo effects, of which expectancy is …

There is a consistent pattern in the way that people predict painful experiences, natural or
contrived, and this pattern resembles the way in which people predict frightening …