About the Authors

Christine Hsieh

xtine.hsieh@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jian Kong

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Irving Kirsch

Affiliations Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS), Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Robert R. Edwards

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karin B. Jensen

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ted J. Kaptchuk

Affiliation Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS), Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Randy L. Gollub

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH JK IK RLG. Performed the experiments: CH. Analyzed the data: CH IK RRE RLG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK. Wrote the paper: CH IK KBJ TJK RLG.