Suggestible You
by Erik Vance · first published 2016
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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.
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A great book on this topic is Suggestible You by Erik Vance. He addresses some of the scientific basis of the placebo effect.
on “What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?” ↗…Erik Vance on the subject. His book is also very interesting for the uninitiated[2]. [1] https://onbeing.org/programs/erik-vance-the-drugs-inside-you... [2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32944584-suggestible-you
on “Psychogenic death, the phenomenon of “thinking” yourself to death” ↗"Suggestible You" by Erik Vance explores this phenomenon, and really turned me around on placebos. I'm, generally speaking, not particularly susceptible to placebo effects, and always kind of (arrogantly) chalked placebo…
on “The Uselessness of Phenylephrine (2022)” ↗Is the COMT gene stuff discussed in "Suggestible You"? I recently learned I have the AA variation and from what I understand so far, it seems like it might be an explanation (or at least part of one) for why I am so sensitive to a number of vitamins and…
on “The Uselessness of Phenylephrine (2022)” ↗