Table 2.

Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) for expected and actual numeric rating scale pain intensity scores in the Verbal + Expectation group

	M (SD)
	Placebo	Control	Control − placebo
Expected pain rating	2.86 (2.18)	5.36 (1.99)	2.40 (1.24)*
Actual pain rating	4.86 (2.68)	5.43 (2.31)	0.57 (1.22)

Notes:

^*F(1,14) = 17.33; P = 0.001.