What is 'real'? Is pain 'real'?
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novapsycheBrain Scans Show Placebo Effect Is All in the Head
A brain scan study published on Thursday shows the placebo effect is real when it comes to pain, even though it really is all in the head.
People who believed dummy treatments were fighting their pain showed reduced brain activity in areas known to be involved in feeling pain, researchers at Princeton and the University of Michigan said.
"What we have shown here in this study is when the placebo effect occurs, there really is something going on in the brain to reduce sensation," said Dr. Kenneth Casey, a neurologist at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
A brain scan study published on Thursday shows the placebo effect is real when it comes to pain, even though it really is all in the head.
People who believed dummy treatments were fighting their pain showed reduced brain activity in areas known to be involved in feeling pain, researchers at Princeton and the University of Michigan said.
"What we have shown here in this study is when the placebo effect occurs, there really is something going on in the brain to reduce sensation," said Dr. Kenneth Casey, a neurologist at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
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Date: 2004-02-20 03:26 pm (UTC)