Intelligence and educational levels do not
predict placebo responses either way.
«What surprised me the most was the strong link between this element of reward processing and the fact that you can
predict the placebo response,» Zubieta says.
Not exact matches
In fact,
response to
placebo predicted nearly half of the variation between individuals in total
response to the entire study, including actual drug treatment.
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Placebo power: Depressed people who respond to fake drugs get the most help from real ones: Different levels of brain
response to sham treatment could
predict resilience in the face of depression, help lead to new treatments.»