We are pleased to support the Placebo, Hypnosis, and Functional Disorders Conference, taking place in Nancy, France, on 14–16 October 2026. PHFD 2026 will explore how expectations, learning, culture, and therapeutic contexts shape bodily experience and clinical outcomes.

⚡There is now less than a week to go until the SIPS 2027 extended submission deadline closes on 15 June 2026. ⚡ We welcome submissions for symposia, flash talks, and posters. Early bird registration is also now open for the conference. More info on submissions and registration: sips2027.com

Some exciting updates for #SIPS2027: 🟢 Keynote speakers: David Beard, Kate Faasse, and Omer Van den Bergh 🟢 ECR Summer School will be held on 8 Feb 2027, with travel grants available, supported by @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social 🟢 Reminder that abstract submissions close 1 June 2026 sips2027.com

A reminder that submissions for SIPS 2027 are now open! Submission deadline is 1 June 2026 (11:59pm UTC). www.sips2027.com/submissions We are currently inviting submissions for: 🎤 Symposia ⚡ Flash talks 📌 Posters #SIPS2027 #Placebo #Nocebo #Psychology #Medicine #Pain

I’m guest editing a new BMC Psychiatry Collection on #placebo and #nocebo effects in psychiatry. We’re looking for work on expectancy mechanisms, communication, and implications for clinical practice + trials. Details: link.springer.com/collections/... @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

Call for papers for a collection on placebo and nocebo effects in psychiatry - excellent! @sipsplacebo.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social @devinterhune.bsky.social @labasedow.bsky.social @bnpa.bsky.social @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

Nathan Huneke@nathanhuneke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’m guest editing a new BMC Psychiatry Collection on #placebo and #nocebo effects in psychiatry. We’re looking for work on expectancy mechanisms, communication, and implications for clinical practice + trials. Details: link.springer.com/collections/... @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

A quick update for SIPS 2027: We’ve extended the deadline for Topical Session submissions by one week to 22 March 2026, 11:59pm UTC. A reminder that submissions for all other formats open on 1 April 2026. See www.sips2027.com/submissions for more info! #placebo #nocebo

The A02 researchers will also be featured in the documentary by Eckart von Hirschhausen about pain! 🤩 More info: presse.wdr.de/plounge/tv/d... Watch it in German from 3.10. onwards in the ARD Mediathek: www.ardmediathek.de/tv-programm/...

⭐ GIVEAWAY! ⭐ We are giving away 3 signed copies of the non-fiction book from our CRC! 📚 In „Dein Körper glaubt dir alles – Wie der #Placebo-Effekt die Gesundheit stärkt“, Prof. Ulrike Bingel and Prof. Sven Benson explain how patients can use the power of #expectations to improve their health. 💪

Exactly two weeks ago, the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social at @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social & @filozoficznyuj.bsky.social came to a close! 4 keynotes, 12 plenaries, 8 symposia (24 talks), 16 flash talks, 7 science slams, 109 posters, 8 highlights! #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

The Welcome Reception of the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social took place in the very heart of @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social — the historic Collegium Maius. We enjoyed a breathtaking performance by the Choir In Kontakt, led by Wassim Ibrahim. #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

Can we study placebo effects in rodents? At the @sipsplacebo.bsky.social‬ ECR Summer School in Kraków, Poland, I was proposing that we can do so by using ultrasonic vocalizations as a key element of the anticipatory response. Thanks for the great round table discussions, ‪@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social‬!

🗓️ Save the Date! 🧠 The 12th #IBRO World Congress of #Neuroscience is heading to Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 from 13–16 September 2027! Mark your calendar and join us for an unforgettable #meeting! #IBRO2027 #IBROinAfrica #CapeTown #SouthAfrica @thebalelab.bsky.social

Huge thanks to my amazing Pain Research Group from @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @filozoficznyuj.bsky.social for all the hard work and dedication in organizing the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social — couldn’t have done it without you! 💪🧠👏 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

Great talk by Magdalena Żegleń at the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social! Former postdoc in my lab, she presented our data on placebo and nocebo effects in weight loss and fitness interventions. #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo20205 #SIPSKrakow2025

Out now in JAMA: Together with Meike Shedden Mora and Winfried Rief @rief01.bsky.social , we share four evidence-supported communication strategies to help health care professionals improve patient expectations—and thereby enhance treatment outcomes. #MedTwitter #Psychology

JAMA@jama.com · last yr.

Addressing patients’ expectations can enhance treatment outcomes and reduce adverse effects. This JAMA Insights offers four communication strategies to improve clinician-patient interactions. ja.ma/3Hsek2L #MedSky #MedEd

Back from a stunning @sipsplacebo.bsky.social at Jagiellonian Uni 🇵🇱 thank you @PrzemyslawBabel — 5th Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies conf since we founded it in 2014 Pre-conf workshop w/ Ben Colagiuri ✅ Plenary on GenAI + placebo/nocebo ✅ Reunited w/ the placebo family ❤️

Neue Publikation: Nocebo-Effekte sind bei gesunden Personen stärker und anhaltender als Placebo-Effekte. Placebo- und Nocebo-Effekte veranschaulichen den tiefgreifenden Einfluss kognitiv-affektiver Prozesse auf die Symptomwahrnehmung und die Behandlungsergebnisse und können das Ansprechen.. 1/4

another fun SIPS over already! glad to see so many talks with a focus on nocebo reduction/inoculation. stay tuned for more on the ECR network and SIPS 2027 prep 👀👀👀 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 @sipsplacebo.bsky.social @placebosydney.bsky.social

Had a great time at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social 2025 w/ my supervisor @devinterhune.bsky.social 🥳 i presented two meta-analyses on responsiveness to verbal suggestions (REVS) in #placebo and #nocebo responding & one experiment looking at suggestion effects & REVS in placebo #psychedelic responding.

Thank you! It was truly great to host you in Krakow — thanks so much for your involvement, energy, and collaboration. You were amazing! 🙌 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 #SIPSKrakow2025

Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies@sipsplacebo.bsky.social · last yr.

We thank @przemekbabel.bsky.social, his great team, and @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social for an inspiring, outstanding and perfectly organized conference in the beautiful city of Krakow! #SIPSplacebo2025 We enjoyed the talks, networking, food and music🥳

We thank @przemekbabel.bsky.social, his great team, and @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social for an inspiring, outstanding and perfectly organized conference in the beautiful city of Krakow! #SIPSplacebo2025 We enjoyed the talks, networking, food and music🥳

🎉 Stefanie Meeuwis, who used to be a postdoc in my lab, has just received the @sipsplacebo.bsky.social Early Career Award! Huge congratulations – so well deserved! 👏🥳

Huge congratulations to Frederik Schlitt (A17), Sven Polifka (A15), Christopher Milde (A04/Z02), & our associated CRC member @jlaferton.bsky.social for winning @sipsplacebo.bsky.social poster prizes! ✨ We definitely (re)presented great research at this year's #SIPSplacebo2025 conference! 😁

Thank you to @przemekbabel.bsky.social and the organising comittee for a great #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025. As was announced at the closing ceremony, we'll be hosting SIPS 2027 in Sydney, Australia! Follow us for updates, news, and more! ⭐️ @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

We can't wait to hear who of our fantastic slammers has won this year's #scienceslam at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social!!! 😱 Not much longer now... #SIPSplacebo2025

The Power of Expectations@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · last yr.

After an online voting, great prizes for the best slams will be given out on Wednesday so stay tuned! ⭐

What's next? 4 interesting flash talks bevor the lunch break... stay for networking during lunch and the closing ceremony with the announcement of awards and the next conference! @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025

Four more posters from my lab were presented during Day 3 and the second poster session of the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social — great work by Helena Bieniek, Daryna Rubanets, Amelia Jankowska, and Wiktor Zieliński! 👏🧠📊 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 #SIPSKrakow2025

SIPS snippet #1: Ulrike Bingel from our @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social talking in the first plenary session of the SIPS conference in beautiful Krakow, presenting our work - no effect of dopamine pharmacomodulation on experimental placebo hypoalgesia. #SIPSplacebo2025

Really happy to be able to present my Poster regarding placebo-induced psychedelic effects at #SIPSplacebo2025 Funded by the @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social