研究发现,如果患者真的相信药物会发生作用,那么即便在使用假药的情况下,也可以达到跟使用真药一样的效果。这一研究从生理学角度进一步印证了医学上的安慰剂效应,即心理暗示对于病人潜在的积极影响。从心理学角度讲,暗示是指以言语或非言语的,简单的或复杂的方式,含蓄地、间接地或直接地对别人的心理和行为产生影响。当暗示发生时,虽然我们只能看到生理或化学反应,但首先是人的心理反应或精神性反应,然后基于这个反应才引起生理的反应。 The study found that if the patient really believed the drug was going to work, the same effect as using the real drug was achievable even with counterfeit drugs. This study further confirms from the physiology point of view the medical placebo effect, the potential positive impact of psychological suggestion on patients. From a psychological point of view, cues refer to implicitly, indirectly, or directly influencing other people’s psychology and behavior in a verbal or non-verbal, simple or complex way. While the hint is happening, although we can only see physiological or chemical reactions, the first is the psychological or psychosomatic reaction in humans, which then causes a physiological response based on this reaction.