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The New York Times Simulator - A free casual game about manufacturing consent (www.youtube.com)

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[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 6 months ago

It's also important to remember that being aware of the psychological effects of something does not make you immune to those effects, or even consistently lessen them in a measurable way.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Placebo works even when the subject knows it's a placebo.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org -2 points 6 months ago

There's a difference between placebo and plain ignorance

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect

A study led by Kaptchuk and published in Science Translational Medicine explored this by testing how people reacted to migraine pain medication. One group took a migraine drug labeled with the drug's name, another took a placebo labeled "placebo," and a third group took nothing. The researchers discovered that the placebo was 50% as effective as the real drug to reduce pain after a migraine attack.

The researchers speculated that a driving force beyond this reaction was the simple act of taking a pill. "People associate the ritual of taking medicine as a positive healing effect," says Kaptchuk. "Even if they know it's not medicine, the action itself can stimulate the brain into thinking the body is being healed."