This study explains how the brain reacts more intensely to negative expectations, intensifying pain and reducing the effect ...

Small studies on how microdosing affects people’s mental wellbeing have uncovered a powerful placebo effect. View on euronews ...

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal has shown that even when patients know they're taking a placebo, the ...

Microdosing might not work the way we think—but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. Here’s what science and the placebo effect ...

Microdosing is gaining popularity with a new breed of health seekers. These self-experimenters take a small amount of psilocybin mushrooms or LSD to try to reduce anxiety, stress and depression. Some ...

ANDREWS REPLIES: To answer Scott: If Planet Nine is discovered, I’m confident a probe would eventually be sent to it! But after launch it might take decades for a spacecraft to reach that destination, ...

Our data confirm that, although significant placebo and nocebo effects were found on days 1 and 8, the nocebo effect was consistently stronger. Both effects were primarily influenced by the most ...