Purpose

The purpose of this video lecture is to discuss historical and current conceptualization of the placebo effect, what does and what does not tell us about the placebo effect, and role and expectation in the placebo effect.

Meet the Guest Speaker

Jack Raglin, Ph.D., FACSM

Dr. Raglin is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the School of Public health at Indiana University-Bloomington, and past Associate Dean for the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Kinesiology.

His research involves integrating the use of psychological and physiological variables to examine various issues in sport and exercise, including overtraining, precompetition anxiety, the placebo effect, and the relationship between exercise and mental health.

Video Lecture

The video lecture is broken into three parts: Conceptualization of placebo effect, randomized control trial, and expectation in the placebo effect.

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Conceptualization of Placebo Effect
Randomized Control Trial
Expectation in the Placebo Effect

Conceptualization of Placebo Effect

Randomized Control Trial

Expectation in the Placebo Effect

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Controlling for Expectancy and Non-Specific Effects

Reading

Below is a paper you may be interested in reading regarding this topic (click on the article title to download it as a PDF file):

Raglin, J., Szabo, A., Lindheimer, J. B., & Beedie, C. (2020). Understanding placebo and nocebo effects in the context of sport: A psychological perspective. European journal of sport science, 20(3), 293-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2020.1727021