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Tag Archives: placebo

The placebo and nocebo effect.

The placebo effect is a somewhat well known phenomenon. Imagine you take a group of people with a headache, you give them a mint pill but you tell them that it was an aspirin with mint flavour. What would happen? A few people will start feeling better; some may even stop having their headache. ThatContinue reading “The placebo and nocebo effect.”

Posted byThe Sage PageMay 9, 2021May 27, 2021Posted inThe MindTags:nocebo, placebo, subconscious, The Mind
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