How we experience the world is shaped by our expectations. This is especially true in health, where people can feel better simply because they anticipate improvement (the “placebo effect”), or feel worse when they expect harm (the “nocebo effect”). “Nocebo”
When It Really Is All in Your Head: Placebo…
How we experience the world is shaped by our expectations. This is especially true in health, where people can feel better simply because they anticipate improvement (the “placebo effect”), or feel worse when they expect harm (the “nocebo effect”). “Nocebo”