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When people know it’s a placebo, they still work


The oft-studied placebo effect and the confounding powers of the human brain show why there is real medicine and the alternative kind or, even worse, homeopathy, that are not real. A sugar pill, or magic water, can sometimes make people feel better. What if you know it’s a placebo? CU-Boulder graduate student Scott Schafer has…

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