HORIZON: The Placebo Experiment: Can my brain cure my body

Laura Arendsen
James Henshaw

Division of Neuroscience

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On BBC Two last night, Horizon featured Laura Arendsen and James Henshaw from the University's Human Pain Research Group doing an experiment into people 'feeling pain' when they are anticipating it - despite being being given placebos which will not actually hurt them.

Period	4 Oct 2018

Media contributions

Title	Horizon
Media name/outlet	BBC Two
Media type	Television
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	4/10/18
Description	On BBC Two last night, Horizon featured Laura Arendsen and James Henshaw from the University's Human Pain Research Group doing an experiment into people 'feeling pain' when they are anticipating it - despite being being given placebos which will not actually hurt them.
URL	https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bmblb8/horizon-2018-8-the-placebo-experiment-can-my-brain-cure-my-body
Persons	Laura Arendsen, James Henshaw

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pain
placebo