Minimizing nocebo effects by conditioning with verbal suggestion: A randomized clinical trial in healthy humans

• Danielle J. P. Bartels ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d.bartels@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

  Affiliations Unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Antoinette I. M. van Laarhoven,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Michiel Stroo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Kim Hijne,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Kaya J. Peerdeman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• A. Rogier T. Donders,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department for Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Peter C. M. van de Kerkhof,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

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• Andrea W. M. Evers

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Unit Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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