7 search results for “nocebo” in the Student website
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Fabian WoltersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.wolters@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Prepared for pain? The impact of the nocebo effect on people with chronic pain
People who have negative expectations about a treatment actually experience more pain. Merve Karacaoglu discovered in her PhD research that anxious and pessimistic individuals are particularly susceptible to this nocebo effect. However, this sensitivity comes with a silver lining.
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Lingling Weng aims to improve clinical practice with placebo and nocebo effects
The placebo effect was completely new to her when Lingling Weng began the PhD project in Leiden. She is now a postdoc in China. 'It would be great to investigate the underlying mechanisms of placebo and nocebo effects with my current knowledge of EEG and fMRI.' PhD defence on 17 October.
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Liesbeth van VlietFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
l.m.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aleksandrina SkvortsovaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
a.skvortsova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Managing chronic pain? ‘With a data driven approach you can tailor treatment to the individual’
Exercising less, skipping parties and struggling at work: the expectation of chronic pain and itching can lead to avoidance behaviour. But this is by no means the case for everyone with chronic pain, as PhD candidate Gita Nadinda discovered. What does this mean for healthcare?
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Kaya PeerdemanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
k.j.peerdeman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273622