HMB300H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Franz Mesmer, Opioid Receptor
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Hmb300: creb and flow of memory (lecture 9) The placebo effect has been increasing, and clinical trials must be changed to accompany this effect: placebo effects revealed. Franz anton mesmer showed that he could induce crying, swooning, fainting, and other effects using. Animal magnetism" as a new force of nature. Louis xiv appointed a royal commission into whether these effects were indeed linked to animal magnetism as a new force. Commission lead by antoine lavoisier and benjamin franklin did a scientific experiment to determine if animal magnetism was a real force. Got a practitioner of mesmerism and had the person imbue trees" in the forest, and had individuals who knew nothing about the experiment to hug the trees. They found that women were fainting/swooning, but they were not touching the imbued trees but just regular trees. Effects were due to imagination : placebos in modern medicine.
