The Power of The Placebo Effect

Name: The Power of The Placebo Effect
Uploaded: 2022-09-28T15:53:03Z
Duration: 6 min 5 s
Description: Can we truly trust our minds? The placebo effect is one of the greatest phenomena in medicine which provides evidence that our brains are deceiving us; that our perceptions of pain are distorted by our expectations. This talk explores the mechanisms through which the placebo effect operates and the origins of its discovery.

Haya Kattan |

TEDxFrancisHollandSchoolSloaneSquare

• July 2022

Can we truly trust our minds? The placebo effect is one of the greatest phenomena in medicine which provides evidence that our brains are deceiving us; that our perceptions of pain are distorted by our expectations. This talk explores the mechanisms through which the placebo effect operates and the origins of its discovery.

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