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How Placebo Effects Work to Change Our Biology & Psychology
Huberman Lab
The Influence of Placebo Pill Color and Invasiveness on Placebo Effects
This chapter explores how the color of placebo pills influences the placebo effect, with red having a stimulant effect and yellow being associated with an antidepressant effect. It also delves into how the level of invasiveness of the intervention, such as capsules or injections, magnifies the placebo effect by impacting the brain's neural circuits. Additionally, it discusses the limitations of the placebo effect in cancer treatment and distinguishes between the real effects of treatments and the powerful but limited effects of placebos based on expectations.
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