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The Nocebo Effect: Expectations and Reality

This chapter explores the nocebo effect, contrasting it with the placebo effect and emphasizing how negative expectations can lead to real physiological symptoms. Through intriguing case studies and discussions on pain perception, it examines how belief and psychological factors shape our experience of discomfort.

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