Placebos can still work even when the patient knows it’s a placebo. The knowledge seems to operate at a different level. I don’t think the lying part is actually necessary to get the benefits. When kissing makes it better, then most of the pain was emotional, not physical, and the effective treatment was to somehow comfort the child, but this can probably be done in a variety of ways.
Placebos can still work even when the patient knows it’s a placebo. The knowledge seems to operate at a different level. I don’t think the lying part is actually necessary to get the benefits. When kissing makes it better, then most of the pain was emotional, not physical, and the effective treatment was to somehow comfort the child, but this can probably be done in a variety of ways.