Hojjat Daniali
About
Hojjat Daniali, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research fellow. His research focuses on the psychological aspects of pain experience and the role of psychological and social factors in pain perception and the management of chronic pain, as well as placebo and nocebo effects. Hojjat’s work aims to understand how psychological factors, such as patient and healthcare providers' expectations and beliefs about treatment, can impact outcomes, particularly in pain management.
With an MSc in Clinical Psychology from Tehran, Iran, and a background in clinical practice, Hojjat completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at NTNU. His doctoral research explored the impact of healthcare providers, their characteristics, and their communication on pain reports and placebo effects in both experimental and clinical settings with healthy participants and patients. His research projects have so far received funding and support from the NTNU Department of Psychology, the NTNU Faculty of Social Sciences (Consolidating 2022-23; Spissmiljø 2023-25), and the BIAL Foundation in Portugal (2020-2024 and 2024-2027, two projects).
Research
My research focuses on the psychological mechanisms underlying pain perception, placebo effects, and symptom reporting, with a particular emphasis on how expectations and experience shape symptom reporting and treatment outcomes. I am also interested in the digitalization of healthcare services, particularly those aimed at facilitating pain self-management. I am currently working on two lines of research. The first focuses on further investigating the impact of healthcare providers, particularly their characteristics and treatment beliefs, on treatment outcomes. The second line explores the digitalization of healthcare services and the role of psychosocial factors in eHealth and mHealth solutions.
I am the executive manager of The Psychophysiology Lab, and member of RegHe, and Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden.
Funding
- 2024-2027: Psychophysiology Grant, Bial Foundation, Portugal 54 000€ (Grant number 316/2024)
- 2023-2026: Spissmiljøer, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU, 40 000€ (Top-level Strategic)
- 2020-2021: Consolidering, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU, 20 000€
- 2021-2024: Psychophysiology Grant, Bial Foundation, Portugal, 50 000€ (Grant number 36/20)
- 2020-2023: Internal Funding from Department of Psychology, NTNU, approx. 50 000€
Collaboration
- Prof. Magne Arve Flaten; NTNU, Department of Psychology
- Prof. Paul Jarle Mork; NTNU, Department of Public Health and Nursing
- Profs. Monica Martinussen, Per Aslaksen, and Dr. June T. Forsberg; University of Tromsø
- Prof. Silje Endresen Reme; University of Oslo
- Dr. Mollie Ruben; University of Rhode Island
- Dr. Charlotte Fiskum; NTNU, Department of Psychology
- Prof Andrea Evers and Dr. Kaya Peerdeman; Leiden University
- Prof. Ted J Kaptchuk; Harvard Medical School
Updating the SelfBACK app through gamification, social support features and pain reprocessing therapy (PRT)
Effektene av makro-nivå non-verbal åtferd på smerte, og placebo- og noceboeffekten
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Effects of Method of Blinding in the Amplitude of Placebo Analgesia.
Healthcare providers’ and patients’ certainty about treatment and placebo effects
Role of healthcare providers’ certainty and warm communication in pain reports in dentistry
Digitalisering av pre-operativ psykologisk behandling for kvinner med brystkreft Kreftforeningen
Publications
2024
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Ruben, Mollie A.;
Aslaksen, Per M;
Fiskum, Charlotte;
Kaptchuk, Ted J.;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2024)
The Effect of Singular Nonverbal Behaviours of Experimenters on Pain Reports.
Journal of Pain Research
Academic article
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Hunsbeth, Pia Louise;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2024)
Effects of open and hidden administration of treatment-related information; a multi-experiment study.
Psychology and Health
Academic article
2023
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Ruben, Mollie A.;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2023)
Systematic manipulation of experimenters' non-verbal behaviors for the investigation of pain reports and placebo effects.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Martinussen, Monica;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2023)
A Global Meta-Analysis of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Before and During COVID-19.
Health Psychology
Academic article
2021
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Vambheim, Sara Magelssen;
Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2021)
Placebo Effects on Stress, but Not on Pain Reports. A Multi-Experiment Study.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2021)
Experiencing COVID-19 symptoms without the disease:
The role of nocebo in reporting of symptoms.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2021)
What Psychological Factors Make Individuals Believe They Are Infected by Coronavirus 2019?.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
2020
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2020)
Placebo Analgesia, Nocebo Hyperalgesia, and the Cardiovascular
System: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
Frontiers in Physiology
Academic literature review
2019
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2019)
A qualitative systematic review of effects of provider characteristics and non-verbal behavior on pain, and placebo and nocebo effects .
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Academic literature review
2018
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Akbarzadeh, Ghazaleh;
Daniali, Hojjat;
Javadzadeh, Mohsen;
Caes, Line;
Ranjbar, Seyran;
Habibi Asgarabad, Mojtaba.
(2018)
The relationship of Parental Pain Catastrophizing with Parents Reports of Children’s Anxiety, Depression and Headache Severity.
Iranian Journal of Child Neurology
Academic article
Journal publications
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Daniali, Hojjat;
Ruben, Mollie A.;
Aslaksen, Per M;
Fiskum, Charlotte;
Kaptchuk, Ted J.;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2024)
The Effect of Singular Nonverbal Behaviours of Experimenters on Pain Reports.
Journal of Pain Research
Academic article
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Hunsbeth, Pia Louise;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2024)
Effects of open and hidden administration of treatment-related information; a multi-experiment study.
Psychology and Health
Academic article
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Ruben, Mollie A.;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2023)
Systematic manipulation of experimenters' non-verbal behaviors for the investigation of pain reports and placebo effects.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Martinussen, Monica;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2023)
A Global Meta-Analysis of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Before and During COVID-19.
Health Psychology
Academic article
-
Vambheim, Sara Magelssen;
Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2021)
Placebo Effects on Stress, but Not on Pain Reports. A Multi-Experiment Study.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2021)
Experiencing COVID-19 symptoms without the disease:
The role of nocebo in reporting of symptoms.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2021)
What Psychological Factors Make Individuals Believe They Are Infected by Coronavirus 2019?.
Frontiers in Psychology
Academic article
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2020)
Placebo Analgesia, Nocebo Hyperalgesia, and the Cardiovascular
System: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
Frontiers in Physiology
Academic literature review
-
Daniali, Hojjat;
Flaten, Magne Arve.
(2019)
A qualitative systematic review of effects of provider characteristics and non-verbal behavior on pain, and placebo and nocebo effects .
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Academic literature review
-
Akbarzadeh, Ghazaleh;
Daniali, Hojjat;
Javadzadeh, Mohsen;
Caes, Line;
Ranjbar, Seyran;
Habibi Asgarabad, Mojtaba.
(2018)
The relationship of Parental Pain Catastrophizing with Parents Reports of Children’s Anxiety, Depression and Headache Severity.
Iranian Journal of Child Neurology
Academic article
Teaching
I have worked as assistant professor and lecturer at NTNU for two semesters (2021-2023). In this position, I supervised bachelor theses in General psychology, and designed the teaching curriculum and implemented the research plans for the projects.
I have also guest lectured multiple times within different topics from biological, social and health psychology to communication during my Ph.D. and my current position. I am currently co-supervising a master's thesis and a Ph.D. project, which are both stemmed from my own research projects.
I have also graded bachelor and master’s theses multiple times.