About the Authors

Felicity L. Bishop

F.L.Bishop@southampton.ac.uk

Affiliation Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Alison E. M. Adams

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Ted J. Kaptchuk

Affiliation Program in Placebo Studies Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

George T. Lewith

Affiliation Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLB AEMA TJK GTL. Performed the experiments: FLB AEMA. Analyzed the data: FLB AEMA. Wrote the paper: FLB AEMA TJK GTL.