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Sydney Placebo Lab

@placebosydney.bsky.social

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Updates on the latest #placebo and #nocebo effect research happening in the School of Psychology, University of Sydney | Led by Prof Ben Colagiuri https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-research/research-areas/psychology/sydney-placebo-lab.html

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Sep 8

2) The adverse effects of observing someone experiencing treatment side effects from one treatment can generalise to OTHER treatments (e.g., from one type of cognitive enhancer to another).

Importantly, this may depend on the side effect profile.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Investigating whether socially acquired nocebo effects can spread to other treatments - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Investigating whether socially acquired nocebo effects can spread to other treatments

www.nature.com

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Sep 8

TWO new publications from PhD Candidate Cosette Saunders!What did she find?

1) Viewing someone having a positive treatment experience (i.e., no adverse side effects) can reduce both [instructed] and [instructed + socially-induced] nocebo effects.

academic.oup.com/abm/article/...

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jun 18

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

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you to everyone who visited our posters!

Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jun 17

On today's schedule: PhD candidate Cosette Saunders (TU066, TU067) and postdoc David Ng (TU072) have their poster presentations! 📄

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jun 17

On Day 2 of #SIPS2025 we had postdocs @winstontan.bsky.social and Tessa Rooney showcase their posters, as well as former lab member and close collaborator Kirsten Barnes demonstrate the potential of positive attribute framing to reduce the nocebo effect 🤩

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jun 15

A comprehensive overview of the lab's work on socially-induced nocebo effects, how they spread, and how we can prevent them in the first plenary session from @bencolagiuri.bsky.social 🤒👀 #SIPS2025

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SFB/TRR 289 Treatment Expectation @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · Jun 15

Join the newly founded Early Career Researcher network at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social!

For questions, contact one of the organizers: @winstontan.bsky.social, @liviaasan.bsky.social, @helenahartmann.com or Aleksandrina Skvortsova! ⭐

#SIPSconference2025 #SIPS2025

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jun 15

First from us at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social 2025 is a great poster highlight talk from postdoc Tessa Rooney on the relevance of interpretation bias on nocebo pain! 👏👏Come check out her poster on Monday - HIM03! #SIPS2025 #placebo #nocebo #pain

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Mar 21

Building on her recent article, PhD Candidate Cosette Saunders just spoke to ABC Radio about the #nocebo effect!

Listen to a snippet of it below! 📻 ✨

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Mar 20

⭐️ PhD candidate Cosette Saunders wrote a great article for @aunz.theconversation.com discussing the #nocebo effect and how it's relevant to you (e.g., it can be socially transmitted to you through the social media platform you're using right now)! 🤕

theconversation.com/you-can-catc...

You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?

The nocebo effect is the opposite of the placebo effect. And it can affect what we think of medicines, and the side-effects we report.

theconversation.com

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thank you to everyone who attended and presented at the inaugural 2025 Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium!

Special thanks to our keynote speakers Luana Colloca and Winfried Rief, as well as the panel members for a great discussion to wrap things up!

Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · Jan 20

⭐️ We're hosting the 2025 Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium on 14 Feb! ⭐️

This one-day program will showcase advances in #placebo and #nocebo research and build collaborative networks between researchers and clinicians.

To submit an abstract/register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2025-austr...

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