Listen "The Placebo Effect"
Episode Synopsis
Happy Friday! Today we're taking a deep dive into the placebo effect as well as what it means to try to positively impact your health with how you think.Sources:“All The World’s A Stage—Including The Doctor’s Office.” Hidden Brain from NPR, 11 May 2020, https://www.npr.org/2020/05/11/853753307/all-the-worlds-a-stage-including-the-doctor-s-office. Accessed 15 June 2025.Patterson, Elissa H. and Hans Schroder, Ph.D. “In studies and in real life, placebos have a powerful healing effect on the body and mind.” Michigan Medicine, 14 Mar. 2022, https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/studies-and-real-life-placebos-have-powerful-healing-effect-body-and-mind. Accessed 15 June 2025.“The power of the placebo effect.” Harvard Health Publishing, 22 July 2024, https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect. Accessed 15 June 2025.Music: https://pixabay.com/users/lsmusic-46357977/
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