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23. Is the Placebo Effect for Real?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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What Causes Pain and How Does It Affect Your Pain?

Placibo effect may have something to do with how our brains perceive symptoms. When you experience pain, it's not an outcome itself. Your body uses pain as a signal to tell you. Sahey, you shouldn't touch that hot stove in the first place. One theory about this is something like the following: placibo fects are mediated by stress.

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