Placebo Effect

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ookpaya
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Placebo Effect

Post by ookpaya »

I constantly hear about this (placebo effect) i went on some science site and still couldnt figure out what it means. is it like you expect something then it happens? seems a bit weird. some insightful answer would be nice. =D thanks
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Post by culmor30 »

"The physiological effect of a placebo depends upon its suggested or anticipated action."

So yes, it means that something will happen in your body because you expect it to. I-doser uses Binaural beats, which have been proven to have psychological effects, though the extent to which they can effect you is still under study.
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Post by culmor30 »

I couldn't post any links in my first post, but here are links to

Placebo effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_effect

and Binaural Beats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats
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Post by allceltictx »

In my opinion, I don't think it's just a placebo effect with i-doser, at least not for me. For example:

- I had high hopes for gamma, hashQH, and 5-HTP, and they didn't do much, if anything, for me. So despite me thinking they'd give me a powerful experience, they didn't.

- I had low expectations for RAVE, Alpha, and Content. I just didn't think they'd work, but they really surprised me and worked great!

So, that's just my experience. I honestly think there's a lot more to this than a placebo effect.
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Post by awrldofkaos »

ill try to explain Placebo Effect to you very simply.

Ok...10 people have a headache ... a doctor gives them all an empty gel pill (a pill with no medicine in it) .. 7 people say they feel all better after taking it and that the pill worked great.

Those 7 people experienced a placebo effect

They thaught that the pill had medicine in it that would take their headache a way ... so their headache did go away even tho no medicine was in the pill

... Placebo Effect ...Understand? :D
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