Personality Factors and Trust in Placebo Medical Trials
Description:
Prior research has reported that individual differences influence both placebo and nocebo responses. The present study examined how individual personality, as well as trust, influence placebo/nocebo belief and symptom reporting after receiving an inert capsule that for some was described as an active “cognitively-enhancing” trial medication. Individuals (N = 104) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: condition A participants were told they’d received the medication, condition B par…
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Date:
August 2013
Creator:
Baker, Brandon Wade Roger
Partner:
UNT Libraries