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A college student who has been feeling fatigue decides to take an energy-boosting supplement advertised on a television infomercial and endorsed by a professional athlete. She reports feeling more energetic after taking the supplement but later discovers the supplement is only made of salt. What did the student experience

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The answer is "The placebo effect; the student believing the supplement was working to increase energy".



A placebo refers a medical treatment or method intended to deceive the member of a clinical examination. It doesn't contain any dynamic fixings however frequently still creates a physical impact on the person.

Placebos are fundamental to the design of solid clinical preliminaries. Their once-astonishing impact on members has turned into the focal point of numerous examinations.

The placebo effect alludes to the effect of a fake treatment on a person. Indeed, even inert treatment has over and over exhibited a quantifiable, positive health reaction.


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