III Year Lettorato Inglese (Frequentanti, Peterson-More course)

Reading Comprehension Questions: “The Placebo Effect”
(New Headway Advanced pp. 82-83)

1) What is a placebo?

2) What is the placebo effect?

3) What are psychosomatic illnesses?

4) Can placebos actually help patients with serious medical conditions?

5) What was unusual about the experiment conducted at Harvard University?

6) What do you think is the most important information in the final paragraph of the article?

7) What was the most interesting or surprising thing you learned by reading this article?