Journal of psychosomatic research
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Multicenter Study
Gender and the nocebo response following conditioning and expectancy.
To investigate the role of Pavlovian conditioning and expectancy and of gender on the nocebo effects. ⋯ Women responded stronger to conditioning while men responded to expectancies, but to a lesser degree. It needs to be determined whether this is restricted to nausea-specific conditions or can be generalized across clinical and experimental conditions.