The Neuroscience Behind the Placebo Effect

Placebo treatments induce real responses in the brain. Believing that a treatment will work can trigger neurotransmitter release, hormone production, and an immune response, easing symptoms of pain, inflammatory diseases, and mood disorders.

This video is from the 2020 Brain Awareness Video Contest.

Created by Katherine Still

[ditthercecejhones]

I think that this video is so interesting, because it seems like our brain, it's so powerful and we have all what we need inside us.

[enriqueventuraalmaraz]

Incredible video, it make me think how mind is powerful and full of mystery, even for us!

[danielaromero]

I think that mind is really powerful and it can helps of affects your body and it health, so it´s important to stay alert to see really clearly what´s happening

[sahulduran]

Its so amazing how mind can help our body

[elietheprof]

The problem with the placebo effect is how fast you can build up a tolerance to it.

That's why people get addicted to "self-help" advice. You try out some new "system" to improve your life, and it seems to really work for the first few days until the novelty wears off and you just go back your normal dysfunctional behavior patterns.

[fridabravo]

This video is very interesting, I find the way they explain to us how placebo treatments induce us to real responses in the brain is something exciting and entertaining.

[TupacMakaveli]

Ahan from electromagnetic rods to placebo phenomenon. Thanks for sharing.

[elietheprof]

Pain can be tolerated whenever you believe that you'll be ok, or that the stimulus isn't harmful. That's why placebos work so well for pain.

But for other conditions, people develop a tolerance to placebos *very* quickly.

[kevinantonioagundezvalenci]

the placebo can produce physical and psychological effects that may be beneficial in improving the symptoms of the disease (placebo effect) or may cause adverse effects (nocebo effect). Although initially it was thought that the placebo effect was only associated with a psychological effect, it is now known that it may have a real physical component, Nothing interering teacher

[brendarico]

We have to go to the doctor for our mental health, but also have responsability in ourselves… good video, like it 👍🏽

[luisaxelfruteromeraz]

It remember me when i was in primary that the doctor do this to help me

[jacobhanes]

My quickest and favourite way to explain this to people is just to cite half time in space jam.

[g.amxlie_]

Placebo treatments induce real responses in the brain, that’s very Interesting

[LordVictorHalgaard]

The biggest problem with placebo, is that people have gotten into their head that it applies to everyone. Which can least to wasting precious time or outright gaslighting-like behaviour/treatment.

[bootatoboo]

shouldn't this mechanism of the brain believing expectations so much that it causes physiological effect also play a role in depression and some phobias like fear of height. where if you are 100% believing that you will fall, then you will. im basing my theory on personal experiences, where i tried to purposefully walk over and across this huge deep hole while my brain kept going "you'll fall, you'll fall", as my palms got sweaty, and my legs were shaky, i proceeded and as i did so, i felt dizzy and my vision was shaky, but i continued because i knew all these thoughts are only in my head, but yet, i almost fell. the gap is really short where no one ever even fell, but i almost did, so i believe that my brain believes and expects me to fall so bad that it worked on making my body prove and make that belief come true. this makes alot of sense when applied to some thoughts that go through some of the patients diagnosed with depression, where believing the false and negative thoughts your mind makes up, makes your brain work on proving it and making it come true. this is my theory or explanation and i have no evidence to back it up yet.

[illusion]

For the study at 1:58, did it come from a specific study? What was the study called? I need this for a project so I would really appreciate a response, thanks!

[dallasdragneel]

i still dont understand. but it sounds like "i think it worked so it did"

[JC-lhpj]

Hypnosis induced placebos. The future of healing. C.h.rathbun

[ryangagnon]

If you gave someone a fake drug, how would their mind know what the effects of the actual drug would feel like tho?

[MDMAx]

Has anyone tested people eating a sugar pill vs people from the same area not receiving anything all day? Like, have a random mix of emotions by default.