You've heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what? "Somebody tells you 'God, you look ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. RCC Perspectives No. 6, 2012 The Power of Beliefs: The Concept of Pla... Beecher, Henry K. 1955.

A placebo is often thought of in terms of a sugar pill but it essentially refers to any treatment or intervention that in itself has no biological effect - e.g. a saline injection or even ...