# The magic of the placebo

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2009
- Speaker: Eric Mead
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Sugar pills, injections of nothing -- studies show that, more often than you'd expect, placebos really work. At TEDMED, magician Eric Mead does a trick to prove that, even when you know something's not real, you can still react as powerfully as if it is. (Warning: This talk is not suitable for viewers who are disturbed by needles or blood.)

## Lectures

1. [The magic of the placebo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo/fc75b3916afd), 9 min (TED's player)