A placebo spray labelled "oxytocin" was better than one called "serotonin" at reducing stress and anxiety http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26681262?dopt=Abstract … heh
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@DegenRolf@Neuro_Skeptic You mean that even if we don't tell people that it's a placebo, it still works? :-) -
@JPdeRuiter@Neuro_Skeptic Placebo is thought to work at least partly Pavlovian, & it works without believing in ithttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/dec/22/placebo-effect-patients-sham-drug …
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@DegenRolf@JPdeRuiter@Neuro_Skeptic though large Hrobjartsson studies indicate placebos have little clinical impact -
@sjmnotes@JPdeRuiter@Neuro_Skeptic It still accounts for almost all of the clinical effects of antidepressants & psychotherapy.That's big.
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