Psychology & Brain

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They Told Me It Was A Sugar Pill And I Felt Better

Honesty, it seems, does not destroy the placebo; it dresses it up in sensible trousers and sends it to do the job.Read More

Mirror-touch synesthesia: when someone else's hug is your hug

Some people literally feel other folk being touched - like their skin is an echo - and it wrecks their bus journeys.Read More