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The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect

Australian science reporter Professor Funk has made a fantastic animated video about the science of the placebo effect that’s three minutes of sheer joy even without an active ingredient.

It takes you through the remarkable ways in which the placebo effect differs between different types of pills, perceptions and places and is highly recommended.

via MindHacks.

Posted By jamesk at 2011-02-24 21:59:46 permalink | comments
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dt. : 2011-02-26 20:23:58
The mind also creates the drug based on the beliefs we load onto it - the pharmacology only minimally contributes to the behavioral effect. That was the thesis of the book Drunken Comportment from 1970 about all the widely divergent responses to alcohol; this placebo research really strengthens that.

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Potter. : 2011-02-25 17:55:49
Data? Reverences? Any evidence other then their little graphics?
guest : 2011-02-25 09:44:00
always makes me wonder whenever I take that little piece of paper... :)

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