How The Placebo Effect Tricks Your Brain!

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How does the placebo effect work? Here's how your brain tricks itself when it comes to medicine

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References:
Niemi, M. B. (2009). Placebo Effect: A Cure in the Mind: Scientific American.Placebo Effect: A Cure in the Mind: Scientific American.

Price, D. D., Finniss, D. G., & Benedetti, F. (2008). A comprehensive review of the placebo effect: recent advances and current thought. Annu. Rev. Psychol.,59, 565-590.

Finniss, D. G., Kaptchuk, T. J., Miller, F., & Benedetti, F. (2010). Biological, clinical, and ethical advances of placebo effects. The Lancet, 375(9715), 686-695.

Marchant, J. (2015). Strong placebo response thwarts painkiller trials. Nature News http://www.nature.com/news/str....ong-placebo-response

Dr. Ben Goldacre's book "Bad Science" http://amzn.to/1TZ5WUE

Harold Pashler "Encyclopedia of the Mind" http://amzn.to/1HT7RJ4

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