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Old 02-25-2011, 07:28 PM #1
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http://www.wimp.com/placeboeffect/
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I tried to watch it but my computer wouldn't play it properly. Kept skipping. This is the first one that played like that. Were you able to watch it?
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Radiolab, which is a remarkable radio show exploring various regions of science, both the near and the far, did a show on the placebo effect a few years ago. It included a segment on how people with dbs could have their tremor stopped by the power of suggestion.
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http://www.radiolab.org/2007/may/17/
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recently i told a friend that i could be gullible and he remarked that can actually be a good thing. its the rose colored glasses syndrome...
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http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/er...e_placebo.html
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