Expectations and beliefs play an important role in the placebo effect. But did you know that expectations can also have an influence on our physiology? I wonder whether expectations could have such an influence on, for instance, heartrate in our biofeedback games! What do you think?
Exercise, loosing weight and the placebo effect
How you think about your food changes your hunger hormones
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Crum, A. J., & Langer, E. J. (2007). Mind-set matters: Exercise and the placebo effect. Psychological Science, 18(2), 165-171.
