In 1998, shortly after arriving for work, a Tennessee high-school teacher reported a "gasoline-like smell" and feeling dizzy.

Social media is enabling health symptoms and mass psychogenic illnesses to spread quickly around the world. But by knowing ...

The nocebo effect is the opposite. It occurs when someone expects a negative outcome from a harmless treatment or situation, and this triggers worse health. The staff and students at the Tennessee ...

T HE PLACEBO effect is a well-known example of the brain’s power over the body, allowing people who are poorly or in pain to ...

The following is a summary of “Individual differences in response to repeated painful stimulation: habituation, sensitization, and nocebo effects,” published in the March 2025 issue of Journal of Pain ...

The placebo effect typically refers to beneficial effects of a drug that derive from the recipient’s expectations of its effects rather than its biochemistry. The effect can also work in reverse, ...

Nocebo, which was previously exclusive to Shudder, is now part of the retail behemoth's extensive streaming catalogue. This ...

Mondaini et al. have investigated whether the higher incidences observed in clinical practice could be the result of a nocebo effect—an adverse effect not directly related to the specific ...

The underseen 2022 psychological thriller earned strong reviews.Prime Video has just added Nocebo, a 2022 Irish psychological ...