As Reported in the Focus on Neuroscience Box, "The Mysterious

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As reported in the Focus on Neuroscience box, "The Mysterious Placebo Effect," many researchers now believe that placebos activate the same network of brain and endocrine system connections that are involved in the fight-or-flight stress response.

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Definitions:

Moral Panic

A widespread feeling of fear and concern among the public, often out of proportion to the actual threat, usually about moral issues or societal values.

Death Sentence

A judicial decree that a person be punished by execution as retribution for committing a crime deemed worthy of capital punishment.

Life Imprisonment

A form of punishment where an individual is sentenced to spend the rest of their life in prison.

Disproportionately Incarcerating

The act of jailing individuals in numbers that are not equal or just relative to their demographics in the general population.