Johannes Laferton

In his research Dr. Laferton focuses on patients’ expectations as mechanism of change in medical and psychological treatment. In major surgical populations Dr. Laferton works on harnessing the placebo effect to improve surgery outcome. Moreover, Dr. Laferton explores expectations related to stress and arousal as a potential new mechanism in explaining the development of psychological and psychosomatic symptoms. By further exploring the psychological and physiological mechanisms of stress and arousal expectations, Dr. Laferton aims to provide new insights that might help to increase the effectiveness of psychological interventions for stress and anxiety related disorders.