Study on how people respond to a placebo pain treatment
This study looks at what makes some people feel less pain after a placebo (a treatment with no active pain-relieving medicine). It involves healthy volunteers and tests your responses to a safe, brief heat pain stimulus.
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Who can take part
- You must be generally healthy (not having a chronic pain condition).
- You must fit one of two thinking styles on screening: mainly focused on achieving gains or mainly focused on avoiding losses.
- You should not have had long-lasting pain recently or ongoing chronic pain.
- You must be able to tolerate a brief heat pain test on your forearm at the start of the study.
- You may be asked to complete screening and a calibration step before the main tasks.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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