What Occurs in a Double-Blind Study of Medication

question 43

Multiple Choice

What occurs in a double-blind study of medication?

• A) Any placebo effect can be seen as a hoax.
• B) There is a higher risk of expectation effects.
• C) The doctor, but not the patient knows if the medication is a placebo.
• D) Neither the patient nor the doctor knows if the medication is a placebo.

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Definitions:

Synapses

The junctions between neurons where electrical or chemical signals are transmitted.

Synaptic Cleft

The small gap at the synapse through which neurotransmitters carry neural signals between neurons.

Terminal Buttons

The small knobs at the end of an axon that release chemicals called neurotransmitters into the synapse to transmit a neural message to another neuron.

Synapses

are the junctions between neurons in the brain, allowing for the transmission of electrical or chemical signals from one neuron to another.