Suggestible you : the curious science of your brain's ability to deceive, transform, and heal /
Curious science of your brain's ability to deceive, transform, and heal
Erik Vance.
- 283 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: What Do You Expect? -- Part One: Inside the placebo effect -- 1. Placebos, storytelling, and the birth of modern medicine -- 2. Meet your inner pharmacist -- 3. Hunting the mysterious placebo responder -- Part Two: Your mind's parlor tricks -- 4. The dark side of suggestion -- 5. You are getting sleepy... -- 6. Satan worshippers, aliens, and other memories of things that never happened -- Part Three: Suggestible us -- 7. Sex, drugs, and... -- 8. Harnessing the power of expectation -- Appendix: Hypnotic Induction Script -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- About the author.
"Award-winning science writer Erik Vance plumbs the depths of our mind-body relationship in Suggestable You: The Curious Science of Your Brain’s Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal, investigating what our brains can lead our bodies to achieve and considering the implications of that power." --Publisher's website.