David Robson is an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour.

Our expectations have a profound effect on the outcomes we get in life. This isn't positive vibes from The Secret, this is one of the most replicable, robust effects that impacts pretty much everything we care about to do with our lives and health.

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00:00 Intro
01:26 Expectation Effect & Placebo Effect
07:33 How the Mind Imitates Illness
16:19 Applying the Placebo Effect
27:40 Expectation Effect on Sleep & Ageing
33:49 Why Do These Effects Exist?
41:26 Does Willpower Deplete?
51:38 Contagious Expectations
58:44 Applying the Expectation Effect
1:04:41 Where to Find David

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