POR QUE O PLACEBO FUNCIONA?

HOW CAN THE PLACEBO EFFECT CHEAT US? Placebo is any substance that has NO effect, but is used as if it had an active effect. However, the PLACEBO EFFECT does exist. Taking a pill that LOOKS like a medicine can activate our brain and cause physiological changes, that is, real changes in the brain's signaling pathways that actually affect well-being and pain. Today we are going to understand how a clinical trial of a drug or vaccine differentiates what is the real effectiveness of the placebo effect.