Placebo effects, positive treatment outcomes that go beyond treatment processes, can alter
sensations through learning mechanisms. Understanding how methodological factors …

Nocebo hyperalgesia is a pervasive problem in which the treatment context triggers
negative expectations that exacerbate pain. Thus, developing ethical strategies to mitigate …

Witnessing another's pain can heighten pain in the observer. However, research has
focused on the observer's intra personal experience. Here, a social transmission-chain …

Witnessing another's pain can heighten pain in the observer. However, research has
focused on the observer's intrapersonal experience. Here, a social transmission-chain (N …

For years, the placebo effect was considered a nuisance in the biomedical sciences. Recent
evidence, however, has changed our perspective, providing insights into how the placebo …

Insights into decision-making are often made via the use of binary response tasks. We ask
whether such behavioural signatures are generalizable to other cases of nonbinary, and …