Manipulation check—pain during the conditioning phase
pain
SHOCKS
First, we confirmed that the conditioning manipulation was effective, namely, that participants felt increased pain levels during the conditioning phase in the control-distraction condition (which was associated with high intensity shocks), relative to the placebo-distraction condition (which was associated with low intensity shocks). To that end, we employed a one-way ANOVA with Distraction-Type (placebo, control) as a repeated-measures factor. This analysis revealed the expected significant Distraction-Type effect [