The concept of research methods for me was actually interesting much more interesting than the headlining topic would suggest. The idea that an experiment is just as much a reflection of a topic trying to be addressed as the ways it is administered was definitely something to think about. In addition, learning about the opposite of placebo effect which we of course are all familiar with; but in contrast, the concept of the nocebo effect was in particularly fascinating. The idea that one could be manipulated by the absence of something was very odd.
