placebo
Type: concept Aliases: placebo groupplacebosplacebo-controlled
- Systems Analogy An inactive sugar pill or sham treatment used in medical trials to test real medicine effects.
- Formal Definition An inactive substance or procedure designed to mimic the experimental treatment, used as a control in clinical trials to isolate psychological expectation from physical effect.
Mentioned In
- Biological CircuitsDHA Target Engagement & Cognition in Dementia Risk
- Frameworkrandomized controlled trial
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Empirical Study Finniss DG, et al. Biological, clinical, and ethical advancement of placebo effects. Lancet. 2010;375(9715):686-695. ↗
"The placebo response represents a complex psychological and neurobiological reaction to the clinical environment and treatment expectation."