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Psychology

What Is the Placebo Effect?

A placebo has no active ingredient and still produces measurable change. Expectation is not imagination: it alters what the nervous system does, and the effect shows up on brain scans.

Science

How Do Vaccines Work?

A vaccine shows your immune system a harmless preview of a pathogen so it can build a memory of it in advance. The training is real; only the threat is fake.

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