Suggestibility in hypochondriacal patients and healthy control subjects: an experimental case-control study

Haenen, Marie-Anne; Schmidt, Anton J.M.; Schoenmakers, Mieke; van den Hout, Marcel A.

doi:10.1016/s0033-3182(97)71399-9

Suggestibility in hypochondriacal patients and healthy control subjects: an experimental case-control study

This study examined suggestibility to bodily sensations in hypochondriacal patients and healthy subjects. Both groups participated in an experiment in which electrical current was announced but not delivered. Suggestibility was measured by the number of responses and by response latencies. The au…