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Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal

By Erik , Vance

Book information

Publisher
National Geographic Society;Random House Publisher Services
Year
2016
ISBN
9781426217890, 9781426217913, 1314373110, 1426217897
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
527 kB (540052 bytes)
Pages
170 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

This 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. Drawing on centuries of research and interviews with leading experts in the field, Vance takes us on a fascinating adventure from Harvard's research labs to a witch doctor's office in Catemaco, Mexico, to an alternative medicin.

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