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41. Is Rainy Day Joint Pain All in Your Head?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Is the Weather Changing Our Perception of Pain?

The link between joint pain and bad weather is a well accepted dogma. But some people still believe that the weather makes their joints hurt, says David Perry. A cognitive bias could be to blame for this belief in an unpredictable condition. He explains how we can find confirmation bias when trying to make sense of it all.

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