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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:
   • The Placebo Effect  

TED-Ed
   • The power of the placebo effect - Emm...  

TED Med
   • Harnessing the power of placebos  

https://www.popsci.com/science/articl...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...