José Viosca Ros

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Published in: Mapping Ignorance

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Meaningful and sensible placebos

A clinical use of placebos would pose an ethical dilemma. Open-label placebos might be an answer. Series: the placebo effect (3/3)

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Posted 7 years ago 2 May, 2016
Health,
Neuroscience
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Mapping placebo: learning to self-care

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).

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Posted 7 years ago 20 April, 2016
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Neuroscience
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Mapping placebo: physiology and belief boundaries

What is the placebo effect? Is it a real therapeutic possibility? Is it desirable? Is it avoidable? Series: the placebo effect (1/3)

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Posted 7 years ago 11 April, 2016
Health,
Neuroscience
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A Renaissance brain

A journey on Leonardo da Vinci´s anatomical drawings of the nervous system.

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Posted 7 years ago 4 April, 2016
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Neuroscience
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Neuronal fingerprints of premeditated violence

Researchers discover neurons that mediate the early stages of aggressive behaviour in the mouse brain.

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Posted 7 years ago 28 March, 2016
Neuroscience
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A pulse in the Mediterranean diet

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.

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Posted 7 years ago 14 March, 2016
Health
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The brain on prejudice

No centre for mental bias exists in the brain, research finds. Instead, the same areas process information more slowly when falling into a bias.

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Posted 7 years ago 7 March, 2016
Neuroscience
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Why did curiosity kill the cat?

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.  

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Posted 8 years ago 7 November, 2014
Neuroscience
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Optics meets genetics to unravel the brain

A new technology that combines laser beams and genes is allowing to decipher the neuronal circuits of the brain.

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Posted 8 years ago 12 September, 2014
Neuroscience
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