Placebo: Can the Mind Cure You?

Jun 2, 2022 · 34m

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On this episode

WZWendy ZukermanHost
FBFabrizio BenedettiGuest
MSManfred SchedlowskiGuest
TKTed KaptchukGuest

About this episode

[REBROADCAST] Could fake medicine actually take away your pain or treat a disease? We dig into the science of placebos to find out more about the power of the mind to heal. We speak to medical researcher Prof. Ted Kaptchuk, neuroscientist Prof. Fabrizio Benedetti and medical psychologist Prof. Manfred Schedlowski. Check out the full transcript here: https://bit.ly/3xaPKM3 This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, with help from Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Kaitlyn Sawrey and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Editing help from Caitlin Kenney. Fact checking by Michelle Harris and Erica Akiko Howard. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka and Peter Leonard. Music by Peter Leonard,…