Unravelling nocebo effects: the role of personal and social experiences. Nocebo effects - where negative expectations trigger adverse outcomes - cause significant personal, societal, and economic harm

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Unravelling nocebo effects: the role of personal and social experiences. Nocebo effects - where negative expectations trigger adverse outcomes - cause significant personal, societal, and economic harm. This fundamental science project aims to use novel experimental methods to uncover the psychological mechanisms underlying nocebo effects acquired via social observation and direct experience, namely social dynamics, attention, and learning processes. Outcomes include a new evidence-based model of the nocebo effect, leading to improved identification of when and why these effects occur. Results will significantly advance scientific understanding of the nocebo effect, providing enormous benefit to the Australian community by paving the way for future translational research, reducing the cost of nocebo effects.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 5204 - Cognitive and Computational Psychology. Lead: Dr Kirsten Barnes