Is the placebo-distraction more effective in reducing fear of unpleasant pictures?
pain
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Next, we tested whether the placebo-distraction was more effective in reducing participants’ fear of unpleasant pictures, relative to the control-distraction. We found a significant Instruction-Type effect [Similar to the secondary analysis of pain regulation, we conducted a secondary analysis exploring whether in trials that included unpleasant pictures during the test phase, the placebo-distraction resulted in decreased negative experience ratings, relative to the control-distraction. Here, we found a significant effect [