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62. The Science of the Nocebo effect

Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill by Newstalk

Feb 3, 202212:46Science & Medicine

This week Luke asks if it might all be in our heads? Or a lot of it anyway. While many of us are surely familiar with the idea of the placebo effect, what about the nocebo effect and the incredible power of suggestion on...

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