# p-usa: POTUS race: immediatly, they introduced a placebo within: the "Melania Effect" ...

<< “As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies,” she [Melania Trump] said in a speech aimed at winning over more female voters. “They hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. We have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other.” >>

Mary Jordan. Very different Trump speech: A call by Melania for no more ‘mean words’. POST. Nov. 3, 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/seeking-to-woo-women-voters-melania-trump-sounds-like-the-un-donald-trump/2016/11/03/abcd74b8-a1d9-11e6-8d63-3e0a660f1f04_story.html

also:

# s-pnei: placebo: increase in placebo perceptions (only in the US). 17 dicembre 2015

http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/2015/12/s-pnei-placebo-increase-in-placebo.html

more:

Marla Paul. Placebo sweet spot for pain relief identified in brain. October  27,  2016

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/10/placebo-sweet-spot-for-pain-relief-identified-in-brain/

Pascal Tetreault, Ali Mansour, et al. Brain Connectivity Predicts Placebo Response across Chronic Pain Clinical Trials. PLOS Biology, 2016; 14 (10): e1002570 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002570

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002570