The perception of pain is subject to powerful influences. Understanding how these are
mediated at a neuroanatomical and neurobiological level provides us with valuable …

1Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin Medical School, 10125 Turin, Italy,
2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia …

We investigated the mechanisms underlying the activation of endogenous opioids in
placebo analgesia by using the model of human experimental ischemic arm pain. Different …

Context Placebo and nocebo effects, the therapeutic and adverse effects, respectively, of
inert substances or sham procedures, represent serious confounds in the evaluation of …

Empathy for pain activates brain areas partially overlapping with those underpinning the first-
hand experience of pain. It remains unclear, however, whether such shared activations …

Several studies have explored the predictability of placebo and nocebo individual
responses by investigating personality factors and expectations of pain decreases and …

Recent studies have identified brain correlates of placebo analgesia, but none have
assessed how accurately patterns of brain activity can predict individual differences in …

Expectations, positive or negative, are modulating factors influencing behavior. They are
also thought to underlie placebo effects, impacting perceptions and biological processes …

This article reviews neuroimaging studies of conscious and voluntary regulation of various
emotional states (sexual arousal, sadness, negative emotion). The results of these studies …

Expectations, positive or negative, are modulating factors influencing behavior. They are
also thought to underlie placebo effects, potentially impacting perceptions and biological …