placebo effect
Podcast: The science and history behind the term “placebo effect”
Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process painSloppy ...
Birth of the placebo effect: How an 18th century doctor’s bogus animal magnetism treatment ‘cured’ patients
Word spread amongst the Parisian upper class in the late 18th century: A new man in town had a novel ...
‘Illusion of causality’ and why we trust our own experiences more than science
Did you cut out sugar and feel more energetic, take vitamin C and stop getting colds, switch to eating only ...
Mind games: Do placebos have a place in modern medicine?
Doctors in Australia commonly give their patients a placebo treatment intended mainly to ease their minds, according to a new ...
We know the placebo effect is biological. Is it also genetic?
We know that the placebo effect is in part biological: expectations of receiving a palliative leads to brain changes. Are ...
