= Treatment expectation
A <belief> about the likely consequences of <treatment> that can influence <attention>, interpretation, behaviour and symptom experience. Experimental changes in expectation at constant drug exposure can distinguish contextual modulation from differences in administered dose.<The effect of treatment expectation on drug efficacy by Ulrike Bingel and others>[Science Translational Medicine 3, 70ra14; fixed remifentanil concentration, heat pain and expectation manipulation]{ref}
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