Research about expectancies, communication and conditioning for health and disease
There is increasing evidence that psychological processes, including stress, influence the quality of life, disease outcomes, and effects of medical treatments in both healthy populations and somatic conditions. Our overarching goal is to understand and make optimal use of psychoneurobiological mechanisms that underlie health and chronic conditions. To this end, we combine innovative insights from different disciplines (e.g., psychology, medicine, biology, genetics, communication) in testing psychoneurobiological mechanisms of symptom perception, stress responsiveness, and adjustment to or progression of chronic disease, as well as in developing and implementing disease-generic personalized psychological or psychobiological interventions for healthy and patient populations (e.g., through e-health).
Visit our Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Research for more information about our projects: www.ipsplacebo.com
4 Feb. 2025 | Mind-Body Connection Podcast
How can placebo effects explain the interaction between mind and body? In this episode of the Mind-Body Connection podcast by Phil Parker, Andrea Eve…
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13 Jan. 2025 | MakersRadio
Hoe kunnen communicatie, context en verwachtingen de uitkomst van medische behandelingen positief beïnvloeden?
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18 Nov. 2024 | IPS Placebo
Last Wednesday, healthcare professionals, researchers, and students gathered at the IPS symposium ‘How Can We Effectively Harness the Placebo Effect…
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14 Oct. 2024 | TrustTalk Podcast
In a special episode of the TrustTalk podcast, professor Andrea Evers discusses the placebo effect and its strong connection to communication and trus…
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10 Sep. 2024 | De Wereld van Sofie
Wat zijn de mechanismen achter het placebo-effect en waarom is dit effect zo krachtig? Placebo-effecten zijn veelzijdig en hebben niet alleen inv…
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5 Sep. 2024 | Universiteit van Nederland
Wat is het placebo-effect, en hoe werkt het precies? In deze video van de Universiteit van Nederland legt professor Gezondheidspsychologie And…
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7 Jun. 2024 | NRC Brieven
“Can doctors use the placebo effect?” Yvo Smulders asks (24/5). My colleagues at the Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies and I would like…
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16 May. 2024 | WRR Vogelvlucht
In de ‘Close-up’-afleveringen van de podcast Vogelvlucht maken we kennis met de raadsleden van de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid…
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Placebo and nocebo effects are shaped by learning processes that influence treatment outcomes. By utilizing these effects, the tapering schedules of…
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14 Dec. 2023
De meeste mensen hebben wel eens van het placebo-effect gehoord, maar het nocebo-effect is veel minder bekend. Wat is het nocebo-effect en hoe werkt h…
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A Virtual Reality training tool for optimizing expectancy effects in patient-provider interaction. We aim to create an innovative e-learning and virt…
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4 Feb. 2025 | Mind-Body Connection Podcast
How can placebo effects explain the interaction between mind and body? In this episode of the Mind-Body Connection podcast by Phil Parker, Andrea Eve…
Read more
Media
13 Jan. 2025 | MakersRadio
Hoe kunnen communicatie, context en verwachtingen de uitkomst van medische behandelingen positief beïnvloeden?
Read more
Media
18 Nov. 2024 | IPS Placebo
Last Wednesday, healthcare professionals, researchers, and students gathered at the IPS symposium ‘How Can We Effectively Harness the Placebo Effect…
Read more
News
Media
14 Oct. 2024 | TrustTalk Podcast
In a special episode of the TrustTalk podcast, professor Andrea Evers discusses the placebo effect and its strong connection to communication and trus…
Read more
Media