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Suggestible You
Erik Vance
The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal
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Suggestible You (2016) shows the amazing ways our expectations affect our body’s responses to illness, pain and memory. It explores how the power of human suggestibility changes the processes that happen in our bodies and minds. And it describes how humans can – and already do – harness this ability to improve lives, whether in medicine or in everyday life.
About the author
Erik Vance is an award-winning science writer. He has a degree in biology and worked as a researcher, educator, and environmental consultant before starting a career as a journalist in 2005. His work has been published in Harper’s Magazine, the New York Times, Scientific American, and National Geographic. He is also a contributing editor at Discover magazine.
Who might enjoy this content?
- Everyone interested in how the human mind works
- People who don’t believe in miraculous cures but are curious about the science behind them
- Anyone who’s ever wondered about the body’s ability to heal itself
