Objetivo: El efecto nocebo representa una preocupación creciente en el ámbito clínico. Los
efectos Nocebo ocurren cuando el contexto del tratamiento genera expectativas negativas …

BACKGROUND: Several authors have hypothesized that adverse drug events (ADEs) upon
switching from reference biologics to biosimilar products are related to the nocebo effect …

Background: Withdrawal from addictive drugs can be reduced by administering placebo
deceptively, but in the clinic it is unethical to deceive the patient. Open-label placebo effects …

The intake of caffeine and the prospect of reward have both been associated with increased
arousal, enhanced attention, and improved behavioral performance on cognitive tasks, but …

Background: Negative expectancies can exacerbate withdrawal symptoms via the nocebo
effect. As such, information provided about dose reductions during attempts to taper a drug …

Biased transmission of health knowledge has far-reaching effects on information
reproduction and health-related cognitions. We examined whether transmissions of different …

People have used psychoactive substances for millennia (Austin 1978). About half of the
world population uses at least one psychoactive substance, and although most do so …

Caffeine (1, 3, 7-trimethylxanthine) is a psychostimulant consumed worldwide, and its effects
have been extensively investigated in various scientific fields, such as neuroscience and …

Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive drug in the world and those who consume it
frequently become dependent. Even if individuals desire to quit caffeine, they may not be …

This research applied a cultural evolutionary framework in addressing two essentialist
beliefs related to health and gender. The first part of the thesis focused on whether genetic …