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Expectation as Medicine: How Belief Enhances Real Treatments
Minutes before surgery, a surgeon tells a patient, “You’re going to bounce back faster than most.” Weeks later, she’s back on her feet...
Hala Al Masri
Aug 124 min read


The Neuroscience of Belief
Can belief change the brain? We often think of beliefs as private thoughts, ideas about the world, ourselves, or something greater.
Hala Al Masri
Aug 115 min read


Rethinking Placebo: More Than Just a ‘Fake’ Pill
It is not mind over matter. It is mind within matter.
Hala Al Masri
Jun 276 min read


What Is Cognitive Health and Why Should We Care?
By understanding and investing in our cognitive health, we do more than prevent disease. We cultivate attention, identity, purpose, and possibility. And that is something worth caring about.
Hala Al Masri
Jun 245 min read
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