Expectation Effect
How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life
«
This book is entertaining, eye-opening, extremely useful and best of all, evidence-based
» CLAUDIA HAMMOND
WINNER OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY AWARD 2022
A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2023
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022: HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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WINNER OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY AWARD 2022
A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2023
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022: HEALTH AND WELLBEING
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POPULAR SCIENCE
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People who believe ageing brings wisdom live longer.
Lucky charms really do improve an athlete's performance.
Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still improve your health.
Welcome to The Expectation Effect.
David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge research happening right now that suggests our expectations shape our experience. Of course, you can't just think yourself thinner, happier or fitter, but using this book you can reframe many different facets of your life. These easy-to-use skills will help you on your way to becoming the person you want to be, living the life you want to live.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Canongate Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781838853303
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular Science 2022
Om forfatteren
David Robson is an award-winning science journalist. His first book, The Intelligence Trap, has been translated into 15 languages. Previously an editor and senior journalist at BBC Future, Robson is now a freelance journalist; his writing has appeared in The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Atlantic, Washington Post and more.
@d_a_robson | davidrobson.me | #ExpectationEffect
Anmeldelser
«
This book is entertaining, eye-opening, extremely useful and best of all, evidence-based
» CLAUDIA HAMMOND
«As David Robson makes plain in this compelling book, the way we think about the world can profoundly shape how we navigate it. Based in science and packed with smart advice, The Expectation Effect will expand your mind - and maybe even extend your life»
DANIEL H. PINK
«Mind-changing science . . . One of Robson's many strengths as a chronicler of science is to take what might seem familiar and show - to his own evident excitement, as well - just how much deeper the rabbit hole goes . . . Compelling»
OLIVER BURKEMAN, * Guardian *
«This is an utterly riveting and transformative book. You can't afford not to read it!»
NIGELLA LAWSON
«Intriguing . . . Extraordinary stories of the brain and its power to control the body»
* Sunday Times *
«I have not been able to stop thinking about it . . . Jaw-dropping . . . So many studies in the book left me speechless»
PANDORA SYKES, * Doing It Right *
«Already threatening to be book of the year - visionary, original and exciting»
WILL STORR
«Interesting . . . Robson marshals a huge range of diverse evidence here and describes it very well. I learned a lot and enjoyed the book hugely»
TIM HARFORD
«An intriguing account of the role of expectation (and perception in general) in a wide panorama of experience. Beautifully written, science-based and a gripping read. I loved it!»
DR MITHU STORONI, author of STRESS-PROOF
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