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8th International Universty Museums Association Platform Congress, İstanbul, Turkey, 1 - 04 October 2021
In this study, the interest
of people with postgraduate education in semi-precious gemstones and the
relationship of this interest with the placebo effect was investigated. Even
though the usage patterns of healing stones all over the world differ depending
on the cultural structures of the societies, the application methods are very
similar to each other. For this reason, the perception of healing stones on humans was investigated on academic staff visiting COMU Earth
Sciences and Natural History Museum by using the survey technique. The survey
data were evaluated using the SPSS program. As a result, it has been revealed
that seeking healing from stones is not a scientific method from the point of
view of academic stuff, but there is no harm in trying it. In addition, due to
the increasing demand in recent years, the fact that most of the stones on the
market are artificial stones, it has been concluded that the healing expected
from these stones has a placebo-based psychological origin.
Keywords: Healing Stones, Placebo, Questionnaire,
Earth Sciences, and Natural History Museum