Placebo response can alter your experience of games, scientists say

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A placebo response can make games seem more interesting or adaptive to the way you play, a new UK study suggests.
The medically-recognised phenomenon, which sees a person's experience change when given fake stimuli, has been observed in a new study that uses indie survival simulation Don't Starve.
Professor Paul Cairns from the University of York has led an investigation where two groups of players tested out the same game under different conditions.
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