A book published recently contains ideas that bring more harm than good to patients.
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A clinical use of placebos would pose an ethical dilemma. Open-label placebos might be an answer. Series: the placebo effect (3/3)
While some scientists have found that placebos may act as moderate analgesics under certain circumstances, and even that such a response can be acquired through a learning intervention, other scientists remain sceptical. Series: the placebo effect (2/3).
What is the placebo effect? Is it a real therapeutic possibility? Is it desirable? Is it avoidable? Series: the placebo effect (1/3)
A journey on Leonardo da Vinci´s anatomical drawings of the nervous system.
Researchers discover neurons that mediate the early stages of aggressive behaviour in the mouse brain.
Science shows that a Mediterranean diet rich in legumes and vegetables improves heart health. Now, researchers are exploring what are the mechanisms responsible for such effects.
No centre for mental bias exists in the brain, research finds. Instead, the same areas process information more slowly when falling into a bias.
Scientists discover that novel stimuli activate brain regions involved in the neural coding of pleasure, which explains why curiosity is such an important trigger of learning.