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The Expectation Effect
How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
Book • 2023
In 'The Expectation Effect', David Robson delves into the cutting-edge science of how our mindset influences every facet of our lives.
The book highlights the power of the expectation effect, where what we believe can significantly impact our reality.
Robson discusses topics such as the placebo and nocebo effects, how expectations can affect health outcomes, and how reframing our thoughts can improve fitness, reduce anxiety, and even extend our lives.
The book is backed by extensive research and provides practical advice on managing expectations to achieve a better life.
The book highlights the power of the expectation effect, where what we believe can significantly impact our reality.
Robson discusses topics such as the placebo and nocebo effects, how expectations can affect health outcomes, and how reframing our thoughts can improve fitness, reduce anxiety, and even extend our lives.
The book is backed by extensive research and provides practical advice on managing expectations to achieve a better life.
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to illustrate the power of expectations on outcomes, using a study on the placebo effect.


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as a book that completely changed his worldview on how we frame events and their impact.


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as the author of a new book on the power of expectations.


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as his favorite book of 2022, highlighting its research on the expectation effect.

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