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A placebo effect is a phenomenon which may result in some therapeutic
effect in subjects given placebo.
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A placebo is a sham medical intervention that exploits the
Placebo treatment is widely practices in medicine, and it has been
recognized to have clinically important effects. A placebo has been
Indeed, wide variety of things can be considered placebo and do show
placebo effect. These may include pharmacological substances like
The placebo effect phenomenon is related to the perception and
Both expectations and conditioning play an important role in placebo
positive attitude of doctor, different in color and size of placebo
response to placebo treatment was increased from 44% to 62% when the
to affect early stages of information processing. However, as placebo
expectations are unrealistic, or that placebo treatment is completely
Despite ongoing controversy concerning use of placebo therapy, there
are number of reports showing positive effects of placebo treatment.
Placebo seems to work in alleviating pain, anxiety, depression,
example of placebo treatment. Placebo effects seems not only be arise
recovery and treatment as researchers has found that placebo effect
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