Your Brain's Incredible Healing Powers | Answers With Joe

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The placebo effect is the phenomenon of your body responding to a treatment even if it's not real. It happens so much, so strongly, and so often that it has to be factored in to any medical study.

It speaks to the amazing ability of the brain to physiologically change the body in surprising ways.

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Stanford video on placebo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udJ31KKXBKk

TED-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z03FQGlGgo0

TED Med
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcQnSW1wpGA

https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/were-making-less-effective-drugs-now-40-years-ago-study-finds/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-the-nocebo-effect-5451823/