The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect

A look at the many strange effects of placebos.

Created by:
Daniel Keogh - http://www.twitter.com/ProfessorFunk
Luke Harris - http://www.lukeharrisgraphics.com

Sources:
Ben Goldacre's book 'Bad Science' has an excellent chapter on placebos
http://www.badscience.net/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-B...

The Wikipedia page on Placebos is pretty excellent too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

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