TY - JOUR AU - Escolà-Gascón, Álex AU - Dagnall, Neil AU - Drinkwater, Kenneth AU - Denovan, Abdrew AU - Benito León, Julián PY - 2025 DO - 10.1017/s1092852925100515 SN - 1092-8529 SN - 2165-6509 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/133047 T2 - CNS Spectrums AB - Objective To investigate whether anxiety reductions attributed to healing crystals reflect placebo responses driven by conditioning and belief-related biases rather than specific therapeutic effects. Methods In a randomized, controlled study, 138... LA - eng M2 - 1 PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Causal illusions; alternative therapies; anxiety symptom; paranormal beliefs; placebo effects. TI - Placebo effects in alternative medical treatments for anxiety: false hope or healing potential? TY - journal article VL - 30 ER -