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

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Author / Creator:	Vance, Erik, author.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2016]
Description:	283 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental suggestion. Placebos (Medicine) Psychology. Mental suggestion. Placebos (Medicine) Psychology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11015527

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ISBN:	9781426217890 1426217897
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283).
Summary:	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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: What Do You Expect?
Part 1. Inside the Placebo Effect
Chapter 1. Placebos, Storytelling, and the Birth of Modern Medicine
Chapter 2. Meet Your Inner Pharmacist
Chapter 3. Hunting the Mysterious Placebo Responder
Part 2. Your Mind's Parlor Tricks
Chapter 4. The Dark Side of Suggestion
Chapter 5. You Are Getting Sleepy
Chapter 6. Satan Worshippers, Aliens, and Other Memories of Things That Never Happened
Part 3. Suggestible Us
Chapter 7. Sex, Drugs, and...
Chapter 8. Harnessing the Power of Expectation
Appendix: Hypnotic Induction Script
Acknowledgments
Sources
About the Author

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