Originally published by our sister publication Pain Medicine News
TORONTO—Evidence from a new study suggests that a brief mindful decentering training has no effect in reducing the unpleasantness or intensity of pain; however, shaping people’s expectation that a treatment would be effective in reducing pain did relieve both the unpleasantness and intensity of pain.
Active elements of mindfulness and placebo effects did not interact with each other, with the result for the interaction