Are All Placebo Effects Equal? Placebo Pills, Sham Acupuncture, Cue Conditioning and Their Association

Jian Kong; Rosa Spaeth; Amanda Cook; Irving Kirsch; Brian Claggett; Mark Vangel; Randy L. Gollub; Jordan W. Smoller; Ted J. Kaptchuk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067485

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Are All Placebo Effects Equal? Placebo Pills, Sham Acupuncture, Cue Conditioning and Their Association

Jian Kong ,

* E-mail: kongj@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rosa Spaeth,

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Amanda Cook,

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Irving Kirsch,

Affiliations Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, School of Psychology, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Brian Claggett,

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Biostatistics Department, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mark Vangel,

Affiliation MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Randy L. Gollub,

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jordan W. Smoller,

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ted J. Kaptchuk

Affiliation Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Are All Placebo Effects Equal? Placebo Pills, Sham Acupuncture, Cue Conditioning and Their Association

Jian Kong,
Rosa Spaeth,
Amanda Cook,
Irving Kirsch,
Brian Claggett,
Mark Vangel,
Randy L. Gollub,
Jordan W. Smoller,
Ted J. Kaptchuk

Published: July 31, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067485

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