Psychological mechanisms of offset analgesia: The effect of expectancy manipulation.

A frequently used paradigm to quantify endogenous pain modulation is offset analgesia, which is defined as a disproportionate large reduction in pain following a small decrease in a heat stimulus. The aim of this study was to determine whether suggestion influences the magnitude of offset analgesia...

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Main Authors: Tibor M Szikszay, Waclaw M Adamczyk, Janina Panskus, Lotte Heimes, Carolin David, Philip Gouverneur, Kerstin Luedtke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280579