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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Conscious & Unconscious Placebo / Nocebo Effects

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The placebo and nocebo effect is believed to be mediated by both cognitive ( expectations) and conditioning mechanisms. Little is known abo...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

What are placebos?

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Originally, placebos were thought of as inert pills or medications that were presented by physicians in the medical context or by researcher...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Investigating Placebo Effects 2- Sham Knee Surgery

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Mosley et al. (2002) conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee...
Sunday, April 1, 2012

Investigating Placebo Effects

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This is the first in a series of articles that will investigate placebo and nocebo effects. Currently, there is some exciting research being...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sports Performance & Over-thinking

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Sports Performance & Over-thinking Sometimes athletes over-think the situation while performing. Why does over-thinking in high level a...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Choosing a Medical Malpractice Lawyer

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Recently someone suggested I look at a site called Medical Malpractice Lawyers . When I first heard about the site I wasn't really inte...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Stats Made Ez: Stats and Public Understanding

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Recently I asked Dr. Jonathan Gore the following question- Why is a basic understanding of stats important for the public? My answer to wh...
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jamie hale
Winchester, Kentucky, United States
Jamie Hale, MS., is an experimental researcher specializing in behavioral nutrition and cognitive science. He is a science writer, exercise and nutrition consultant, outdoor enthusiast, lecturer and founder of Knowledge Summit Research Group. He has conducted primary research in the areas of attention, memory and behavioral nutrition. Jamie has written seven books and co-authored one. He writes about exercise, health, nutrition, psychology, common myths, outdoors, various scientific disciplines, and logic. He has contributed to numerous publications (national and international). He is a member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame (recognition of my strength and conditioning work with martial artists),member of Kentucky Association of Science Educators and Skeptics,and board member of Kentucky Council Against Health Fraud. He provides freelance writing services, freelance research and conduct seminars. For more info contact Jamie at jamie.hale1@gmail.com
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