• This will be the first book to offer a definitive account of placebo effect research in sport and exercise science • Provides the reader with knowledge and understanding of how placebo effects can be used to maximise the benefits of sport and exercise science interventions. • The book will offer a better understanding of what kind of changes sport and exercise practitioners can induce in their client’s brains, further boosting their empathic and compassionate behaviour. • This book will help sport and exercise practitioners make more informed decisions when using interventions on both athletic and exercise populations.

• This will be the first book to offer a definitive account of placebo effect research in sport and exercise science • Provides the reader with knowledge and understanding of how placebo effects can be used to maximise the benefits of sport and exercise science interventions. • The book will offer a better understanding of what kind of changes sport and exercise practitioners can induce in their client’s brains, further boosting their empathic and compassionate behaviour. • This book will help sport and exercise practitioners make more informed decisions when using interventions on both athletic and exercise populations.