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Watch and Learn Everything About the Amazing Placebo Effect

By Casey Chan Published October 5, 2011, 12:40 pm ET

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The placebo effect is so strange and mysterious, how can fake pills trick ourselves out into feeling better? This video explains all the interesting properties of a placebo, like how one placebo can be half as effective as aspirin while another placebo can be half as effective as morphine. Watch it. [Laughing Squid]

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