School of Psychology: Recent submissions
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The effect of threat on cognitive biases and pain outcomes: an eye-tracking study
Published 2016-01-01Background: Theoretical accounts of attentional and interpretation biases in pain suggest that these biases are interrelated and are both influenced by perceived threat. A laboratory-based study was conducted to test whether ...Open AccessArticle -
Latent Inhibition Reduces Nocebo Nausea, Even Without Deception
Published 2017-01-01Background: Nocebo nausea is a debilitating and prevalent side effect that can develop after conditioning occurs between cues present in the treatment context and the experience of nausea. Interventions that retard ...Open AccessArticle -
The placebo effect: from concepts to genes
Published 2015-01-01Despite its initial treatment as a nuisance variable, the placebo effect is now recognized as a powerful determinant of health across many different diseases and encounters. This is in light of some remarkable findings ...Open AccessArticle -
Placebo caffeine reduces withdrawal in abstinent coffee drinkers
Published 2016-01-01Background: Expectancies have been shown to play a role in the withdrawal syndrome of many drugs of addiction. However no studies have examined the effects of expectancies across a broad range of caffeine withdrawal symptoms, ...Open AccessArticle -
Towards a new model of attentional biases in the development, maintenance, and management of pain
Published 2015-01-01Individuals with chronic pain demonstrate attentional biases towards pain-related stimuli. However, the clinical importance of these biases is yet to be determined and a sound theoretical model for explaining the role of ...Open AccessArticle