The Power of Expectations
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SFB/TRR 289, a transregional collaborative research center on the role of patients’ treatment expectations Joint work of @unidue.bsky.social, @uni-hamburg.de & @unimarburg.bsky.social Speaker @ulrikebingel.bsky.social https://treatment-expectation.de
New work published from a collab between A11, A12, & A19! 📽️A short video with doctors communicating in a warm, supportive way helped people feel more confident about coping with possible side effects of the shingles vaccine and made them more likely to say they would get vaccinated 👩⚕️
Wir suchen immer noch viele Leute mit jeder Art von chronischen Schmerzen für unsere kurzweilige Onlinestudie!
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 2mo ago😖 Chronische Schmerzen? 😖 Dann suchen wir dich für unsere neue #Onlinestudie (Dauer: 30 min, Aufwandsentschädigung 15 Euro)! 🤩 Hilf uns herauszufinden, wie chronische Schmerzen das Denken, Fühlen und Handeln beeinflussen. 🤔 ▶️ Zum Fragebogen: tinyurl.com/Online-Schme...
Sounds like a great talk! 🤩
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI@elh-institute.bsky.social · 7d agoJoin the next talk in our "Sex and Gender in the Life Sciences" series tomorrow! 🎤 Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff will present "Warum ist es so schwer, KI fair zu gestalten?" 📅 Oct 7th, 2026 🕠 14:00 - 15:00 h (CEST) 💻 Information: www.uni-due.de/ekfg/sex-and... #SexGenderUDE
New null results hot off the press! 🤩 We wanted to see whether taking a #placebo painkiller not only reduces your pain, but also generalizes to your ability to perceive your heartbeat (related to #interoception). It doesn't, but that's okay 😄 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great resource! 😍
Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her)@helenahartmann.com · 3w agoMy #awesomelist has been getting quite some traction and different people have been adding lots of new resources they wish they knew when starting their scientific career. Have a look (and contribute) here: github.com/helenahartma...
Its been an honor to hold the Keynote lecture and so inspiring to be part of the panel discussion on patient involvement. Thanks so much to the fantastic patient advisory board of CRC Treatment Expectation and @jlaferton.bsky.social and team for a great conference in beautiful Potsdam @dfg.de
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 2w agoSome of our members were at the DGVM Congress in Potsdam yesterday! ✨ The topics? 1️⃣ treatment expectations 💊 2️⃣ patient involvement 🤕 With @ulrikebingel.bsky.social @jlaferton.bsky.social and many more not on Bluesky! www.dgvm2026.de
Our speaker @ulrikebingel.bsky.social talked with @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy, how patients' treatment expectations influence health! To the German episode: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/op-placebo-w...
OP-Placebo - Wie beeinflussen Patientenerwartungen die Heilung?
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The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 2w agoSome of our members were at the DGVM Congress in Potsdam yesterday! ✨ The topics? 1️⃣ treatment expectations 💊 2️⃣ patient involvement 🤕 With @ulrikebingel.bsky.social @jlaferton.bsky.social and many more not on Bluesky! www.dgvm2026.de
Some of our members were at the DGVM Congress in Potsdam yesterday! ✨ The topics? 1️⃣ treatment expectations 💊 2️⃣ patient involvement 🤕 With @ulrikebingel.bsky.social @jlaferton.bsky.social and many more not on Bluesky! www.dgvm2026.de
Are you from the Essen area and interested in writing your medical dissertation in the field of pain research? Then we're looking for you! 😀 "Layers of Pain" is a super cool project based at the @elh-institute.bsky.social using 7T neuroimaging techniqes! 🧲🧠
‼️The Deadline is today! If you haven't applied yet, do it now. We're a cool bunch, we promise 😁
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI@elh-institute.bsky.social · last mo.We’re looking for a PhD researcher in high-resolution laminar fMRI! 🔬 Laminar fMRI of Hippocampus 🌍 International, interdisciplinary team 📍 Essen, Germany | 4-year PhD position | 75% part-time ℹ️ Subject to the approval of the funder 👉 Apply by 30 September 2026: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Beyond pain: a brain-based biomarker predicts individual pain relief
The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 4w ago⏰ New preprint ⏰ Our PhD student Jialin Li (@jialinli02.bsky.social) developed the PAin and RElief Signature (PARES), a multivariate brain signature trained to predict bidirectional changes in pain perception! ⬆️⬇️ Read the work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...
Shout-out to @torwager.bsky.social and the CAN Lab, who created this amazing resource for all #placebo researchers! 💊 Check it out: scienceofplacebo.org
tor@torwager.bsky.social · last mo.Launching scienceofplacebo.org: a living bibliography of placebo and nocebo research. New papers screened & tagged daily by design, population, outcome and findings, with a searchable database (currently about 5,000 papers), an interactive researcher map, events, news and discussion.
⏰ New preprint ⏰ Our PhD student Jialin Li (@jialinli02.bsky.social) developed the PAin and RElief Signature (PARES), a multivariate brain signature trained to predict bidirectional changes in pain perception! ⬆️⬇️ Read the work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/bior...
We’re looking for a PhD researcher in high-resolution laminar fMRI! 🔬 Laminar fMRI of Hippocampus 🌍 International, interdisciplinary team 📍 Essen, Germany | 4-year PhD position | 75% part-time ℹ️ Subject to the approval of the funder 👉 Apply by 30 September 2026: www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...
Penguin's Job Application
Alt: Penguin repeatedly hits a sign labelled “Job Application”.
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A new (German) podcast episode has been added to ut podcast playlist, this time by @helenahartmann.com who was a guest in "Stille Regie" and talks about placebos, pain, and the subconscious 🤩 open.spotify.com/episode/3G19...
#25 Placebo, Schmerz und das Unterbewusstsein - Interview mit Dr. Helena Hartmann
Stille Regie - der Podcast über das Unterbewusstsein · Episode
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The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 7mo agoInterested in finding out more about the topics of #treatmentexpectation and #placebo/#nocebo effects? 🤔 🔊 We collected all podcasts episodes featuring members of our CRC! 🎤 Browse all episodes here ➡️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2no...
Great work on the influence of warmth and competence of doctors on patient understanding and the patient-doctor-relationship! 😍
Tobias Kube@tobikube.bsky.social · last mo.New article with @a-seewald.bsky.social: We show that patients' responses to normal diagnostic test results critically depend on the doctor's behaviour. If they are warm and competent, patients can take in such information much better and have less desire to consult other doctors or have more tests.
In case you missed it, we have a bilingual video series called 🥜 "In a nutshell" 🥜 In this series, our scientists explain what their work has to do with expectations, what new research found, & what patients can do to feel better. Here they are all in a thread for you to browse & watch! ⤵️
Jason Bateman: In A Nutshell
ALT: Jason Bateman: In A Nutshell
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How can we leverage expectation effects to improve outcomes in the context of digital mental health interventions? Read about it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
😖 Chronische Schmerzen? 😖 Dann suchen wir dich für unsere neue #Onlinestudie (Dauer: 30 min, Aufwandsentschädigung 15 Euro)! 🤩 Hilf uns herauszufinden, wie chronische Schmerzen das Denken, Fühlen und Handeln beeinflussen. 🤔 ▶️ Zum Fragebogen: tinyurl.com/Online-Schme...
Great work from our affiliated project AF05 led by @tobikube.bsky.social! 🌟 Positive framing (the likelihood of NOT HAVING a disease) reduces perceived risk & emotional concern to normal diagnostic test results. It also reduces intentions for follow-up consultations & further tests.
Are you from the Essen area and interested in writing your medical dissertation in the field of pain research? Then we're looking for you! 😀 "Layers of Pain" is a super cool project based at the @elh-institute.bsky.social using 7T neuroimaging techniqes! 🧲🧠
Great and important paper ( @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social )! On one hand surprising on the other hand, I guess the meta-meta nature of the analysis really hides the specific differences between settings (as the authors acknowledge) www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Impact of active placebo controls on estimated drug effects in randomized trials: a meta-epidemiological study
Our objectives were, first, to assess the impact of active placebo vs standard placebo control interventions on estimated benefits of experimental interventions in pharmacological randomized clinical ...
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Here are some impressions from the Essen #GlobalWalkAgainstPain, held in the remarkable surroundings of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein. Together, we raised awareness of what it means to live with pain — and of the challenges we still face in understanding and treating it.
😍 New work from A18 😍 We found that optimizing expectations leads to enhanced efficacy of a mindfulness‐based intervention in individuals with low‐baseline expectations! Read the publication in the Journal of Clinical Psychology here: doi.org/10.1002/jclp...
Optimizing Expectations Leads to Enhanced Efficacy of a Mindfulness‐Based Intervention in Individuals With Low‐Baseline Expectations: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Introduction Treatment expectations for medical and psychological treatments and positive patient-provider interactions are critical mechanisms driving the placebo effect and may augment an interven...
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New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social led by Katja Wiech and @ulrikebingel.bsky.social! ▶️ Beyond Bayesian integration: how meaning shapes placebo effects Read the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today is the last Meet the Scientist event aboard the #MSWissenschaft and one of our emerging PIs, Marcel Wilhelm from @unimarburg.bsky.social, is there to answer all of your questions! ✨ 10:00-15:00 in Mainz! ms-wissenschaft.de/de/veranstal... @w-i-d.de
German publication from A13 PI Regine Klinger on treatment expectations in the perioperative setting! www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...
👥 Today is meeting day 👥 The overarching projects explained new developments over the 2nd funding period, especially regarding data sharing, psychometrics, and involvement of our patient advisory board! Z02: treatment-expectation.de/projekte-peo... Z03: treatment-expectation.de/projekte-peo...
