Might explain all those nasty cell-phone drivers too…
Ed. Note: Fixing old links in 2018. It took me forever, but I managed to find a new URL for this one.
]]>[The author] shows, for example, that people who take their placebos diligently do better than those who take them only occasionally; that placebo injections work better than placebo pills; that brand name placebos relieve pain better than generic placebos; and that blue placebos are better sedatives than red ones – except for Italian men, for whom the opposite is true.
Found at Arts & Letters Daily, of course.
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