Pages Tagged with #placebo_effect

Pseudoscience and Health: The World of Alternatives (to Truth), in the following sections:

• 3.3. Personal Approaches Feel Better Than Impartial Medical Ones
• 3.1. The Placebo Effect and the Positive Effects of Delusion
• 4.6. Homeopathy
• 4.1. Acupuncture

Psychosomosis - the Placebo and Nocebo Effects: Curing and Causing Disease with the Mind, in the following sections:

• 3. The Nocebo Effect: Negative Psychological Effects of the Mind on the Body
• 2. The Placebo Effect and the Positive Effects of Mental Attitudes
• Top of page / intro

Critical Thinking on Acupuncture: How Does it Work?, in the following sections:

• 2. Scientific Studies of Acupuncture
• 4. The Placebo Effect
• Top of page / intro

Does Homeopathy Work? What are the Risks and Dangers?, in the following sections:

• 6. So What is This 'Placebo Effect' Which Makes Homeopathy Seem Effective?
• Top of page / intro

Curses, Hexes and The Evil Eye: The Psychology Behind Magical Evil: 1. The Nocebo Effect: Negative Psychological Effects of the Mind on the Body

The Nocebo Effect: Negative Psychological Effects of the Mind on the Body: 1. An Introduction to Psychosomosis

The Scientific Method: Randomized Double-Blinded Trials: 5. Case Study: Acupuncture

Meditation: 1. Psychosomosis - the Placebo and Nocebo Effects: Curing and Causing Disease with the Mind

Perception is Influenced By Expectation: You Can't Always Trust Your Senses: 2. Expectation and Pain: The Placebo Effect

Faith Healing: Delusion, Child Abuse and Theological Concerns: 1.3. Psychosomosis