Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos
Originally shared by Neuroscience News
Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos
Now, CU-Boulder graduate student Scott Schafer, who works in Associate Professor Tor Wager's Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, has conducted an intriguing piece of research to advance knowledge about how and when the placebo effect works - or doesn't.
The research is in Journal of Pain. (full access paywall)
#psychology #placebo #pain
http://neurosciencenews.com/placebo-effect-psychology-pain-2309
Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos
Now, CU-Boulder graduate student Scott Schafer, who works in Associate Professor Tor Wager's Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, has conducted an intriguing piece of research to advance knowledge about how and when the placebo effect works - or doesn't.
The research is in Journal of Pain. (full access paywall)
#psychology #placebo #pain
http://neurosciencenews.com/placebo-effect-psychology-pain-2309
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