The influence of expectations on shame, rumination and cognitive flexibility: an experimental investigation on affect-regulatory characteristics of deceptive placebos

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Several studies identified affect-regulatory qualities of deceptive placebos within negative and positive affect. However, which specific characteristics an framing impacts the placebo effect has not yet been subject to empirical investigations. In particular, it is unclear whether placebo- induced expectations direct emotion inhibition or regulation after induction elicit stronger effects in affect regulation. The aim study was identify specifically framed on occurrence (antecedent-focused) vs. capability (response-modulating) affect, with active nasal-spray, have processes. Because personality traits suspected influence responses regulation, additional goal examine modulating influences shame proneness, level depression, experiential avoidance, emotional control. Healthy volunteers (n = 121) were randomized either a condition (antecedent-focused response-modulating instruction) no-treatment control group before experimentally via autobiographical recall. Groups compared outcomes state shame, rumination, cognitive flexibility. Both antecedent-focused framings influenced changes (b 3.08, 95% CI [0.80-5.92], p 0.044), rumination 4.80, [1.50-8.09], ≤ 0.001) flexibility -3.63, [-6.75 - -0.51], 0.011) shame-induction interventions. Only response modulated by traits. Experiential avoidance experience (F(2,115) 3.470, 0.031) whereas reports 4.588, 0.012). No modulatory levels depression proneness could be observed (ps > 0.05). results suggest that can positively treatment healthy subjects. Personality rationale individually. ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT05372744.

Language: Английский

Hacking the Predictive Mind

Entropy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(8), P. 677 - 677

Published: Aug. 10, 2024

According to active inference, constantly running prediction engines in our brain play a large role delivering all human experience. These predictions help deliver everything we see, hear, touch, and feel. In this paper, I pursue one apparent consequence of increasingly well-supported view. Given the constant influence hidden on experience, can leverage power service flourishing? Can learn hack own predictive regimes ways that better serve needs purposes? Asking question rapidly reveals landscape is at once familiar new. It also challenging, suggesting important questions about scope dangers while casting further doubt (as if any was needed) old assumptions firm mind/body divide. review range possible hacks, starting with careful use placebos, moving look chronic pain functional disorders, ending some speculations concerning complex genetic influences brain.

Language: Английский