Projektnummer

0053531

Zusammenfassung

In modern medicine, the placebo response or placebo effect has often been regarded as a nuisance in basic and particularly in clinical research. The latest scientific evidence has demonstrated that the placebo effect stems from highly active processes in the brain that are mediated by psychological mechanisms such as expectation and behavioral conditioning. However, the relationship between cognitive factors such as expectation and associative learning processes (behavioral conditioning) modulating the placebo effect across different physiological systems and diseases still remains unc...