Forskning viser at blogging er sundt. Eller snarere – det er sundt at skrive og ergo er blogging sundt.
“But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery. A study in the February issue of the Oncologist reports that cancer patients who engaged in expressive writing just before treatment felt markedly better, mentally and physically, as compared with patients who did not.”
Placebo-effekt bliver dog nævnt i artiklen specielt relateret til at det, at vi brokker/ynker os hvilket fungerer, som et “socialt” placebo for at blive tilfredsstillet. Her vil jeg dog vove at påstå at forskerne lige burde læse artiklen fra Mind Hacks bloggen “Placebo is not what you think“. Den er faktisk rigtig spændende og nuancerer placebo begrebet ganske fint.
“For example, not every improvement that happens after someone is given a placebo treatment is the ‘placebo effect’ (some symptoms will just get better by themselves) and not every improvement after medication is the active effect of the drug, some of that will be ‘placebo effect’ too.”
Interessant er f.eks. at heroin misbruger til tider injekterer sig med vand, hvilket har en “placebo-effekt” og virker på abstinenserne – selvom misbrugerne udmærket ved at det er vand. Placebo er altså ikke afhængig af “tro” – men kan lige så vel skyldes konditionering.
Forskningsnyheden oprindelig spottet ved Elmose/Mediehack hvor der er yderligere links.
photo credit: Pickersgill Reef
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- Digital nærhed - September 8th, 2008
Tags: mediehack, mind hacks, placebo