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• einlander@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Placebo works even when the subject knows it’s a placebo.

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  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There's a difference between placebo and plain ignorance

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    • einlander@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      …harvard.edu/…/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect

      A study led by Kaptchuk and published in Science Translational Medicine explored this by testing how people reacted to migraine pain medication. One group took a migraine drug labeled with the drug’s name, another took a placebo labeled “placebo,” and a third group took nothing. The researchers discovered that the placebo was 50% as effective as the real drug to reduce pain after a migraine attack.

      The researchers speculated that a driving force beyond this reaction was the simple act of taking a pill. “People associate the ritual of taking medicine as a positive healing effect,” says Kaptchuk. “Even if they know it’s not medicine, the action itself can stimulate the brain into thinking the body is being healed.”

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      • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But pain is a different context to sociology

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