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larryhammerA long feature of the nocebo effect, the dark side of the placebo effect: an inert substance can make us get better if presented as a cure and make us get worse if we're warned about its side-effects. (via lost in browser tabs)
All the subways of North America on one map.
My favorite pretty good word of this past week was cricetine, but there were many good ones.
---L.
All the subways of North America on one map.
My favorite pretty good word of this past week was cricetine, but there were many good ones.
---L.
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Date: 8 April 2013 05:09 pm (UTC)I've long been fascinated by head medicine: placebo, nocebo, and mass hysteria.
And then there's the cricetine view of North America. Where's the transatlantic tube?
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Date: 8 April 2013 08:35 pm (UTC)Bwah!
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Date: 8 April 2013 08:34 pm (UTC)---L.