With new research demonstrating the startling power of the placebo effect, this episode of Radiolab examines the chemical consequences of belief and imagination.
The very first placebo-controlled trial may have been the debunking of the charismatic Anton Mesmer (the enigmatic source responsible for the verb “to mesmerize”), an enlightenment figure with a healing technique that Ben Franklin, for one, thought was basically placebo performance.
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Author: WNYC Radiolab
Keywords: Exorcism, Faith healing, Faith healer, Mesmerize, Mesmerized, Animal magneticism, Healing, Placebo, Placebo Effect, Placebo Affect
Bible reference(s): Mark 16:18, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Cor 12:30, James 5:14-15
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