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You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?

By Cosette Saunders, PhD candidate, Sydney Placebo Lab, University of Sydney
Ben Colagiuri, Professor and Head of School in the School of Psychology, University of Sydney

The nocebo effect is the opposite of the placebo effect. And it can affect what we think of medicines, and the side-effects we report.

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