home.social

Search

211 results for “placeboeffect”

  1. "Is the placebo effect 25% stronger than actual medication?

    Research shows the mind's powerful influence on physical symptoms can create real, tangible benefits. Studies have demonstrated the placebo effect can significantly improve pain, mood, and even reduce inflammation.

    "The placebo effect is a powerful example of the mind's ability to heal itself." - Dr. Irving Kirsch.

    What's more impressive, the power of meds or the human mind?

    #PlaceboEffect #Neuroscience #MentalHe

  2. "Can a dummy pill genuinely cure?

    Studies have shown that the placebo effect can be as effective as real medication in treating depression (30% response rate) and pain (50% pain reduction).

    "Believe you can and you're halfway there," - Theodore Roosevelt.

    What's the most convincing fake remedy you've ever heard?

    #PlaceboEffect #Science #Psychology"

  3. Fun fact: Your brain can't tell the difference between real achievement and watching a progress bar complete. LATER is $0.99 exploitation of this bug in your mental software. Side effects include: feeling better.

    apple.co/42IF9Yd

    #PlaceboEffect #ProgressBar #Psychology

  4. Supplements and garlic won’t cure the common cold, despite what the BBC say

    The BBC reported on home remedies to fight the common cold – but what they gave us were weak, biased, and p-hacked studies

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/supplem

    #Health #PlaceboEffect

  5. Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

    Among the many odd claims made about the placebo effect is that pacemakers work even before they're switched on - which obviously isn't true

    skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/pacemak

    #PlaceboEffect

  6. 24-JUL-2024
    Neuroscientists discover brain circuitry of #PlaceboEffect for pain relief
    UNC School of Medicine research reveals a pain control pathway from the cortex to cerebellum crucial for #placebo analgesia – when the expectation of #painRelief leads to pain alleviation without a therapeutic intervention, such as with a drug

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #neuroscience #brain

  7. LATER's business model:
    Do nothing ✓
    Charge money for it ✓
    No settings because choice is anxiety ✓
    Works because placebos work ✓
    This is either genius or insane. For $0.99, find out which.

    apps.apple.com/gb/app/later/id

    #BusinessModel #PlaceboEffect #StatusSignaling #MentalHealth

  8. LATER's business model:
    Do nothing ✓
    Charge money for it ✓
    No settings because choice is anxiety ✓
    Works because placebos work ✓
    This is either genius or insane. For $0.99, find out which.

    apps.apple.com/gb/app/later/id

    #BusinessModel #PlaceboEffect #StatusSignaling #MentalHealth

  9. If we take away the statistical quirks and biases, is there any placebo effect left?

    Once you eliminate well-understood elements like bias and regression to the mean, there's no remarkable placebo effect left to explain

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/09/if-we-t

    #PlaceboEffect #Science

  10. No, placebos probably aren’t getting stronger over time

    Placebo responses have not gotten stronger over the past 30 years – trials are just better at isolating treatment effects from noise

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/07/no-plac

    #PlaceboEffect #Science

  11. The Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn’t happen

    The most-cited example of the powerful placebo is Henry Beecher using saline instead of morphine... except, it likely never happened

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/02/the-bee

    #PlaceboEffect #Science

  12. Placebo surgery: why performing fake operations doesn’t actually help anyone

    Placebo surgeries do not work – if a surgery performs no better than placebo, it means that operation doesn't work, not that placebos are powerful

    skeptic.org.uk/2025/01/placebo

    #PlaceboEffect #Science

  13. The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

    The idea that the colour of a pill influences what placebo response you get is based on a succession of badly designed or badly interpreted trials

    skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/the-evi

    #PlaceboEffect #Science

  14. Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else

    Theatrical but ultimately ineffective, religion may be the ultimate placebo effect - as 17th Century priest Jean Meslier realised 300 years ago

    skeptic.org.uk/2024/09/religio

    #PlaceboEffect #Religion

  15. Overly simplistic headlines muddy the water around placebo effects and mislead the public

    Recent headlines claim we 'finally know' how placebos work, thanks to a trial that is little more than Pavlovian conditioning. No wonder the public is confused

    skeptic.org.uk/2024/08/overly-

    #PlaceboEffect #Science