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The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect

Professor Funk

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For anyone, no background needed. Education, not medical advice.

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Daniel Keogh explains the unusual and powerful psychological and physiological effects of placebos on the human body.

A look at the many strange effects of placebos. Created by: Daniel Keogh - twitter.com/ProfessorFunk Luke Harris - lukeharrisgraphics.com Recommended Links: Ben Goldacre's book 'Bad Science' has an excellent chapter on placebos badscience.net/ amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-Ben-Goldacre/dp/000728487X/?tag=bs0… The Wikipedia page on Placebos is pretty excellent too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

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What people say. Recommended as an introductory explanation of how the placebo effect influences physiological outcomes.

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On “Is the placebo effect a purely psychological effect?”

Here is link to this video (3 min). It only concentrates on some aspects of placebos, not so much on how they work, and whether the effect is just an illusion, which is the most interesting aspect of placebos, I guess. Since some placebos had an effect on the volume of the lung, you can't say it's just an illusionary effect.
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