EXPECTATIONS IN THE PLACEBO EFFECT MANIFESTATION OF UNIVERSITY, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ANXIETY AND SUGGESTIBILITY

Abstract:

Across the time, have been studied the biological implications of the placebo effect, many times without going beyond the pharmacological field. For this reason, it was decided to conduct a three groups experimental study (a control group and two experimental groups) to know the implications of this phenomenon in a cognitive process: working memory. That way, there was inducted parallel and opposite expectations in the experimental groups, respectively, to know the influence of these expectations in the manifestation of the placebo effect. It was found that someone's expectations about a product effectiveness can improve or worse their ability to remember a series of words. In addition, it was studied the relationship between placebo and psychological variables (anxiety and suggestibility), finding no positive correlation between these variables, which contradicts the findings reported by other researchers.

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2016

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