On Schleppfuss' path: The placebo response in human evolution

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 414-416

  Bendesky, Andrés ^a   Sonabend, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESPAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SHORT SURVEY; WELLBEING;

EID: 11144270567     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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