Suggestible you : the curious science of your brain's ability to deceive, transform, and heal / Erik Vance.

  • Vance, Erik
Date:
[2016]
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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

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283).

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.

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    History of Medicine
    PI /VAN
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781426217890
  • 1426217897