In medical studies it is common that patients who believe they are receiving treatments improve even when the treatment has no therapeutic benefit. This is known as the _________________.

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The placebo effect is the phenomenon where patients experience an improvement in symptoms or overall well-being after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic effect. This improvement is often attributed to the patient's belief that the treatment will work, causing psychological and physiological changes in the body. The other answer choices, such as the Butterfly effect and Hawthorne effect, are not related to the observed phenomenon of the placebo effect in medical studies.

In Medical Studies It Is Common That Patients Who Believe