[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"exercise-B2-1022":3},{"preview":4,"open":14,"missing":37},{"id":5,"number":6,"total":7,"level":8,"course":9,"activity":10,"discriminator":11,"title":12,"slug":13,"instructions":14,"excerpt":15,"prompts":16,"lock":19,"access":20,"updated":21,"previous_id":22,"next_id":23,"previous":24,"next":28,"first":32},1022,65,83,"B2","reading","long_text","reading_long_text","The Placebo Effect","the-placebo-effect",null,"Few phenomena in medicine are as fascinating - or as poorly understood - as the placebo effect. At its simplest, the placebo effect occurs when a patient experiences a genuine improvement in their condition after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic value: a sugar pill, a saline injection, or even a sham…",[17,18],"How was the placebo effect traditionally viewed by the medical profession?","What have brain imaging studies demonstrated about placebos?","login","pro","2026-10-02T14:14:49",1021,1023,{"id":22,"number":25,"title":26,"slug":27},64,"The Forgetting Curve","the-forgetting-curve",{"id":23,"number":29,"title":30,"slug":31},66,"The Lost Art of Boredom","the-lost-art-of-boredom",{"id":33,"number":34,"title":35,"slug":36},958,1,"On the Trail of Bigfoot","on-the-trail-of-bigfoot",false]