About the Authors

Jian Kong

kongj@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rosa Spaeth

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amanda Cook

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Irving Kirsch

Affiliations Program in Placebo Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, School of Psychology, Plymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Brian Claggett

Affiliations Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Biostatistics Department, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark Vangel

Affiliation MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Randy L. Gollub

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jordan W. Smoller

Affiliation Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK TK IK RG JS. Performed the experiments: JK RS. Analyzed the data: BC IK MV AC. Wrote the paper: JK AC RS TK JS.