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Why a positive attitude can help you live longer

After just ten days, they improved in memory, vision, hearing. They were stronger, more flexible, and ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos showed them to be two years younger.

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Telesomatic events

A woman had been writing a letter to her daughter when her right hand began to burn intensely. A short time later she received a phone call from her daughter’s college to tell her that there had been an accident and her daughter’s right hand had been burned with acid.

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Why time speeds up as you age

As children, the last few days before Christmas or a birthday drag on, yet as adults, come November, we’re counting the weeks to Christmas and can’t believe it’s come around again so fast.

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A scale showing the balance between placebo and nocebo

The nocebo effect

Positive expectations drive the placebo effect, whereas negative expectations drive the nocebo effect. In both cases, the brain simply does what it can to meet these expectations.

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