New Research Sheds Light On Placebo Effect (broadcast Friday, August 3rd, 2007)

The placebo effect --when a sham medication actually produces a real medical effect in a patient -- is one of the more intriguing phenomena in medical science. But what actually happens in the brain when you take a placebo? In this segment, Ira talks with a researcher using brain imaging studies to try to track down the root of the placebo effect.

Guests

Tor Wager
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Columbia University
New York, New York

Related Links

• The Healing Power of Placebos
• WNYC - Radio Lab: Placebo (May 18, 2007)
• Scientists See How Placebo Effect Eases Pain: Scientific American

Segment produced by:Anne Marie Cunningham

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