Today we looked at some research into psychic healing, specifically therapeutic touch, a therapy which is claimed to promote healing. We looked into the Rosa et al (1998) study (Rosa was a 9 year old girl), which found no evidence of practioner's being able to detect 'energy fields'.
It is important that you are able to describe reasons for positive results in this field - the major one being the placebo effect. You should also think about ethics - is it exploitative?
Today's ppt is here.
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