The placebo response and the power of unconscious healing
Placebo responses are automatic and unconscious and cannot be predicted on conscious volition. Instead, they reflect complex interactions between the innate reward system of the nervous system and encoded procedural memories and imaginal fantasies. This book contributes therapeutic effects, varies i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798397906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Placebo Response; Chapter 2. The Basis of the Placebo Response in Sickness and Healing; Chapter 3. A Brief History of Medicine and the Changing Implications of Placebos; Chapter 4. Placebo Effects—Who Gets Them?; Chapter 5. What Do We Know About How Placebos Act?; Chapter 6. The Anomalous Placebo Response; Chapter 7. Placebo and the Truth; Chapter 8. The Challenge of Harnessing the Placebo Response; Back cover;
