<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>');
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=undefined&type=result"></script>');
-->
</script>

COPY SCRIPT

For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eu

An Explanation for the Placebo Effect?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 Mar 2005Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 307, pages 1,411-1,412 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

Authors: Kristopher J. L. Irizarry; Julio Licinio;

doi: 10.1126/science.307.5714.1411

pmid: 15746411

An Explanation for the Placebo Effect?

- Summary
- Subjects
- Metrics

Abstract

The elegant computational model of addiction described by A. D. Redish in his Report “Addiction as a computational process gone awry” (10 Dec. 2004, p. [1944][1]) has the potential to provide an explanation for the placebo effect. In the temporal-difference reinforcement learning model (TDRL),

Related Organizations

University of Chicago
United States
University of California, Los Angeles
United States

Keywords

Reward, Substance-Related Disorders, Dopamine, Models, Neurological, Humans, Learning, Cues, Placebo Effect, Reinforcement, Psychology, Synaptic Transmission

Impact byBIP!

	citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	18
	popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.	Top 10%
	influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	Top 10%
	impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.	Top 10%

Found an issue? Give us feedback

Top 10%

Fields of Science (3) View all

medical and health sciences

basic medicine

Fields of Science

medical and health sciences

basic medicine

View all

Related to Research communities

Neuroscience

Upload OA version

Are you the author? Do you have the OA version of this publication?

uploadUpload now!