http://mindhacks.com/2009/04/23/reverse-psychology-in-a-pill-anti-placebo/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2009/04/23/reverse-psychology-in-a-pill-anti-placebo/#comment-5776 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:51:49 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/reverse-psychology-in-a-pill-anti-placebo/#comment-5776 The human mind–it just makes me laugh. Thank you again for an interesting post.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/04/23/reverse-psychology-in-a-pill-anti-placebo/#comment-5775 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:10 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/reverse-psychology-in-a-pill-anti-placebo/#comment-5775 The placebo/nocebo effect definitely exists. The other day, out of the blue, my mother had asked me if I’d had any seizures lately (I have hydrocephalus and I take two antiseizure meds). Since my seizures are well-controlled, I didn’t know why she felt it necessary to ask me that question, and I told her “No”. For the last several days, even though I’m vigilant about remembering to take all my pills on time, I’ve felt like I’m having mild partial-onset seizures. I’d like to think it’s simply a case of my mother “freaking me out” because her question has made me “hypervigilant”.

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