Research Publications and Outputs: 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 -
Attentional bias modification and pain: The role of sensory and affective stimuli
Published 2016-01-01There is growing evidence to support attentional bias modification (ABM) techniques such as the modified dot-probe task within the pain literature. Such techniques can help to inform theoretical models of pain by identifying ...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 -
Nocebo Hyperalgesia, Partial Reinforcement, and Extinction
Published 2015-01-01Many studies have found evidence of conditioning-induced nocebo hyperalgesia. However, these studies have exclusively involved continuous reinforcement schedules. Thus, it is currently unknown whether nocebo hyperalgesia ...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