Tag: placebo effects

book recommendations

Takeaways: The Expectation Effect

August 19, 2023

I read somewhere that writing summaries is more important than reading books. So I decided to take that author’s advice, and also his template. I recently finished reading The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David […]

under the microscope

Are the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects?

April 19, 2020

I won’t spoil the surprise answer. “Homeopathy seems scientifically implausible, but has widespread use. We aimed to assess whether the clinical effect reported in randomised controlled trials of homeopathic remedies is equivalent to that reported for placebo.” | learn more