DR. TED KAPTCHUK
Ted Kaptchuk, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, directs the Program in Placebo Studies, Healing and Therapeutic Encounter. In his talk, he upends many assumptions about what really works in the therapeutic encounter, and what doesn't, as revealed in placebo research.
Dr. David R. Hamilton
Listen to Dr. David Hamilton share the research showing that when someone takes a placebo that they know is a placebo (it says it on the bottle), it still works.
He gives two reasons WHY they work: one is through conditioning and the other is through expectation.
Erik Vance
Erik Vance (@erikvance) is an award-winning science writer based in California and Mexico City.
His latest book is Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain’s Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal. This riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Erik’s firsthand dispatches will change the way you think and feel.
Dr. Andrew Huberman
In this episode, Dr. Huberman discusses placebo and belief and mindset effects — all of which exert a powerful and real influence on our biology and psychology. He explores how beliefs and expectation that a certain outcome will occur after taking a substance causes genuine changes in brain and bodily function. By the end of the episode, listeners will understand the placebo effect, how it works, and how beliefs and mindsets can be leveraged toward mental health, physical health, and performance goals.