Placebo effects constitute a major part of treatment success in medical interventions. The
nocebo effect also has a major impact, as it accounts for a significant proportion of the …

Accumulating evidence reveal important applications of endogenous pain modulation
assessment in healthy controls and in patients in clinical settings, as dysregulations in the …

Introduction Taking microdoses (a mere fraction of normal doses) of psychedelic
substances, such as truffles, recently gained popularity, as it allegedly has multiple …

Objectives: We aimed to review published human and nonhuman research on algesia and
hyperalgesia resulting from negative expectations and nocebo effects. Methods: Herein, we …

Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques are used in clinical and cognitive
neuroscience to induce a mild magnetic or electric field in the brain to modulate behavior …

Psychotic symptoms, ie, hallucinations and delusions, involve gross departures from
conscious apprehension of consensual reality; respectively, perceiving and believing things …

Psychological distress is prevalent in students and can predispose to psychiatric disorders.
Recent findings indicate that distress might be linked to impaired cognitive performance in …

Performance deficits on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in patients with prefrontal
cortex (PFC) lesions are traditionally interpreted as evidence for a role of the PFC in …

Growing interest surrounds transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a safe and
inexpensive method for improving cognitive functions and mood. Nevertheless, tDCS …

As a predominately positive emotion, nostalgia serves various adaptive functions, including
a recently revealed analgesic effect. The current fMRI study aimed to explore the neural …