14 search results for “nocebo” in the Public website
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The effects of stress and fear on nocebo hyperalgesia
What role play stress and fear in forming of nocebo hyperalgesia?
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Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden
The Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden (IPS) aims to advance the understanding of placebo and nocebo effects, their underlying mechanisms, and their potential applications in clinical practice. IPS consists of a group of interdisciplinary researchers working at Leiden University with…
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Fabian Wolters
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
f.wolters@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Liesbeth van Vliet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.m.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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COMMUNICATE HEAL-TH. A Virtual Reality training tool for optimizing expectancy effects in patient-provider interaction.
We aim to create an innovative e-learning and virtual reality training that helps healthcare providers to optimize placebo effects and minimizes nocebo effects via their communication.
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Placebo research: Pharmacological conditioning
The major aim is to examine the potential of learning the body to produce a similar physiological (autonomic, neuroendocrine, or immune) and physical (e.g., desensitization of persistent physical symptoms) response to placebo medication than to active medication (pharmacological conditioning). If proven…
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Topic: Placebo effects
The effects of many treatments are determined, to a significant degree, by factors other than the medicine or treatment itself. For example, placebo effects can be equal to the effect size of for example antidepressants or painkillers. Contributing factors are the trust placed in the doctor, the expectation…
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Vici grants for four Leiden researchers
Four Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO).
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Aleksandrina Skvortsova
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.skvortsova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Andrea Evers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.evers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6891
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Hebben reumapatiënten met hulp van placebotechnieken minder medicatie nodig?
From painful joints to intense fatigue: a third of rheumatism patients suffer serious effects from this chronic condition and rely long-term on medication. Leiden psychologists are to receive a subsidy from the Netherlands Arthritis Foundation to investigate whether placebo techniques can help patients…
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The placebo effect: first world congress in Leiden
Medicines can work even if they have no active ingredient. The first international scientific conference on placebos will take place in Leiden from 2 to 4 April. Placebo researcher Andrea Evers, who is also chairing the conference, answers some pressing questions.
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Major European subsidy for Health psychologist Andrea Evers
Andrea Evers is the new Professor of the brand-new unit of Health, Medical and Neuropsychology. She's getting off to a flying start in Leiden with a consolidator grant of the European Research Council (ERC). Her ambition? 'To work together with other disciplines; that way we can arrive at new insigh…
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Kaya Peerdeman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.j.peerdeman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3622