The nocebo effect: the dark side of placebos

这个项目旨在了解当负面信息引发不良后果时的不受欢迎的效应，以及如何减少这种影响。尽管有大量证据表明在不同的环境中存在夜班效应，但我们目前对这些效应是如何发生的以及我们是否可以减少它们的理解存在着严重的差距。为了解决这一问题，目前的项目开发并实验测试了一种新的nocebo效应模型，该模型将揭示其潜在的机制以及抑制它的策略。该项目的预期成果可有助于最大限度地减少无名氏效应造成的重大个人和社会伤害以及相关的健康和经济成本。

This project aims to understand the nocebo effect - when negative information triggers adverse outcomes - and how to reduce it. Despite a wealth of evidence for the existence of nocebo effects across various settings, there are critical gaps in our current understanding of how these effects occur and whether we can reduce them. To address this, the current project develops and experimentally tests a new model of the nocebo effect that will uncover its underlying mechanisms as well as strategies to inhibit it. The expected outcomes from this project can contribute to minimising the substantial individual and societal harm caused by the nocebo effect and associated health and economic costs.