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You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?

  • Written by Cosette Saunders, PhD candidate, Sydney Placebo Lab, University of Sydney
You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock

In 1998, shortly after arriving for work, a Tennessee high-school teacher reported a “gasoline-like smell” and feeling dizzy. Soon after, many students and staff began reporting symptoms of chemical poisoning. Some 38 people had such extreme symptoms they were kept in hospital overnight.

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