How does the placebo effect work?

1.44K viewsBiologyOther

Taking a sugar pill can sometimes lead to real improvements in health. How does believing in a treatment, even when it’s fake, trigger physical changes in our bodies?

In: Biology

20 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

I think most if not all of what we consider to be the placebo effect is actually regression to the mean.

You are viewing 1 out of 20 answers, click here to view all answers.