1Placebo Effect

The Placebo effect is when an ineffectual substance that is believed to have healing properties produces the desired effect. Especially common with medications, the placebo effect has been observed when individuals given a sugar pill for a real ailment report improvement. Placebos are still a scientific mystery. It is theorized that placebos cause an “Expectancy Effect”, (In cases of uncertainty, expectation is what is most likely to happen) individuals expect the pills to cure their ailments, so they feel cured. However, this does not explain how the ineffectual pills actually cause a reduction in symptoms.

Interesting Fact: The term “Placebo” is used when the outcomes are considered favorable, when the outcomes are negative or harmful; the term is “Nocebo”

1 安慰劑效應

安慰劑效應是指當相信沒有用的東西能夠治愈某些疾病時，這些安慰劑真的能夠發揮作用。

在藥物當中最為常見，安慰劑效應被用來觀察一些慢性病的改善，其實給患者的是糖片。安慰劑在科學上仍然是個謎。安慰劑被提出是引起“期望效果”（指那些不確定的，很期望發生的事），人們期望藥片能夠治療他們的慢性病，所以他們被治好了。然而這些不能解釋無效的藥物實際上怎么減少不良癥狀的。

有趣的事實：安慰劑這一名詞被用來說明當結果看起來不錯時，如果結果不盡人意時，稱之為“反安慰劑”。