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Can placebo or nocebo pills improve or impair cognition performance?

Arjan Blokland
Published in: Human psychopharmacology (2023)
These findings further support the notion that placebo or nocebo effects are not likely to occur in young healthy volunteers. However, other studies suggest that placebo effects can be found in implicit memory tasks and in participants with memory problems. Further placebo/nocebo studies are indicated using different experimental designs and different populations in order to better understand the placebo effect on cognitive performance.
Keyphrases
  • double blind
  • phase iii
  • working memory
  • placebo controlled
  • mental health
  • randomized controlled trial
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • case control
  • study protocol
  • middle aged