Journalist Chris Berdik explains the many ways that what is expected shapes what happens
Chris Berdik, a science journalist and former staff editor at The Atlantic, begins with a simple premise: expectations matter. The notion is well-known in medicine, where doctors have known the power of the “placebo effect” for a long time. But it turns out that this same psychological machinery holds sway in many realms, that what we bring to a situation can, in some sense, bend reality. Berdik answered questions about his new book, “Mind over Mind,” from Mind Matters editor Gareth Cook.
Source: How the Power of Expectations Can Allow You to ‘Bend Reality’ – Scientific American
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