Suggestible you : the curious science of your brain's ability to deceive, transform, and heal / Erik Vance.
- Vance, Erik
- Date:
- [2016]
- Books
About this work
Description
His riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events.
Publication/Creation
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2016]
Physical description
283 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Inside the placebo effect -- Placebos, storytelling, and the birth of modern medicine -- Meet your inner pharmacist -- Hunting the mysterious placebo responder -- Your mind's parlor tricks -- The dark side of suggestion -- You are getting sleepy ... -- Satan worshippers, aliens, and other memories of things that never happened -- Suggestible us -- Sex, drugs, and ... -- Harnessing the power of expectation.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283).
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePI /VANOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9781426217890
- 1426217897