Activating the evolved healing mechanisms of the placebo response requires permission from a safe environment (opens in new tab)

I want to point to an article on the placebo effect published at theconversation.com, and recommend that you read it. I asked the four LLM's I frequently consult to reduce the article to a MindBlog post length, and have selected a few of their paragraphs to pass on below:The placebo effect — improvements in symptoms following inert treatment — is driven by expectation, context, and social cues rather than pharmacology. But it is anything but imaginary. Placebo treatments trigger measurable ch...