Is there a difference between the nocebo effect and hypochondria (or somatoform disorder, or medical students' disease)? And if my belief that I am ill or impaired effects how I actually feel then wouldn't all illness and injury, a person is aware of, be at least partially a form of hypochondria? The only difference would be that in these cases there is at least a partial underlying cause for some of the symptoms at some intensity. Administering a placebo to a hypochondriac will usually, depending on the quality of the placebo, alleviate the symptoms. If placebos work when there is also a real injury or illness, then is it possible that we are all quasi-hypochondriacs in a sense?

I used to take anti-depressants, then I stopped hanging out with assholes, now I know what to do when I get depressed.

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This is a track I have done few years ago but never shared. It's a very old piano composition I recorded few years ago, when i had access to a recording studio. I release it here for #pianoday2021. It includes piano, clarinet, glockenspiel and lot of textures / sounds I recorded. I hope you will enjoy it.

Sweet River

How powerful is the placebo effect? After a good night’s sleep could a scientist convince you that you had tossed and turned, and if so, how would that affect your perceptions and behavior? What if a doctor told you that you had slept like a baby when in reality you had barely slept at all? Would hearing those words improve your performance on a difficult test?

In this episode we learn the answers to these questions and more as we explore how research continues to unravel the mysteries behind the placebo effect and how it can drastically alter our bodies and minds.

Our guest is Kristi Erdal, a psychologist at Colorado College who discovered placebo sleep along with one of her students, Christina Draganich. Draganich wondered if such a thing might exist after reading all the literature on placebos, and Erdal helped her create the research methods she used to test her hypothesis. 

019 - The Placebo Effect - Kristi Erdal

Mono Jam One V2 (Yorke)

Written & recorded by Robert Del Naja & Euan Dickinson

Dead Editors (Del Naja / Dickinson)

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Lake Family

50 BUNNY RABBITS

In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we discuss attention and interview co-author of "The Invisible Gorilla" Daniel Simons. Also, at the end, we eat an Oreo fudge cookie brownie and discuss the foreign language effect. 

001 - Attention

In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we discuss the illusion of knowledge with Christopher Chabris, co-author of "The Invisible Gorilla." After that, we eat a triple-ginger molasses cookie while discussing non-believed false memories.

002 - The Illusion of Knowledge

In this episode, we discuss confabulation with neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran, and at the end of the episode we taste a cranberry chocolate chip cookie while contemplating positive affirmations.

003 - Confabulation

In this episode we discuss the self and interview Bruce Hood, author of "The Self Illusion." Also, at the end, we eat a chewy chocolate chip cookie and discuss therapeutic touch. 

004 - The Self

Collider in Blue

In this episode, we discuss selling out, countercultures, and authenticity with Andrew Potter, the author of "The Authenticity Hoax." Afterward, I eat a Chewie Chewbacca Chocolate Chip vegan cookie and read a study about the sugar high and hyperactivity.

005 - Selling Out

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Son Lux - Pieces

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A multitrack recording, experimenting with harmonics. This time in Nashville tuning again. Title track for http://tobiasw.bandcamp.com/album/a-path-to-open-air

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A Path To Open Air

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thanks 2 my dad for helping me put together
thanks to Isaiah for cover art

you found me

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

019 - The Placebo Effect - Kristi Erdal

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