Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Placebo Side Effects

This guy (bloke) tells an amazing science story about how placebos can actually cause negative side effects if you think they will. For example, pacemakers work after implantation but before they're turned ON.

And if you're my mom, you want to skip over the first 30 seconds and stop at 5:10, because he throws in some random cursing. (There's some mild cursing during as well, but it's meaningful and not random.)

1 comment:

Amanda said...

I've read Ben's blog quite a lot, and he's great! Sometimes a bit challenging to decipher the British, but still fascinating.