Behavioural and neural evidence for self-reinforcing expectancy effects on pain
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0455-8
Abstract: Beliefs and expectations often persist despite evidence to the contrary. Here we examine two potential mechanisms underlying such ‘self-reinforcing’ expectancy effects in the pain domain: modulation of perception and biased learning. In two experiments, cues… read more here.
Keywords: expectancy effects; self reinforcing; evidence; reinforcing expectancy ... See more keywords