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| | | Dr Raj Persaud explores the limits and potential of the mind, revealing the latest research and bringing together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Contact All in the Mind ´óÏó´«Ã½ Action Line:
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"All in the MindÌýÌýprovides a unique chance to meet the people at the cutting edge of research and developments on all aspects of the mind and brain from around the world. Please join me as we attempt to illuminate the most complex and least understood mechanism we have so far found in the Universe - the mind."
Prof. Raj Persaud
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| | | | PLACEBO EFFECT:
Controlled trials have shown that a simple sugar pill, or placebo, can sometimes be just as effective in relieving symptoms as genuine medication - just as long as the patient believes the pill they're swallowing contains the drug in question. But the mystery remains - how exactly does the mind effect the cure?
Claudia Hammond explores the history of the placebo effect when she talks to Robert Van Hasslen, Deputy Director of Research at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, Professor Bill Bynum from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine and Julia Waite, a former nurse.
Dr Raj Persaud talks to , an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Bath and author of a new book ‘Placebo – The Belief Effect’ about his theory as to the circumstances in which the placebo effect works.
FALSE HOPE SYNDROME:
Can people really change? Raj Persaud debates why some people make the same resolution five years in succession before they either succeed or give up, when he talks to Peter Herman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and Dr Dina Glouberman, founder of ‘Image-work’.
FLASHBULB MEMORY:
How does the brain process emotional experiences, dramatic encounters and memories? Raj Persaud talks to Dr Lia Kvavilashvili, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire who has been researching a phenomenon known as Flashbulb Memory. Are our memories as accurate as we assume?
Additional information:
Greenwell Street London W1W 5BP Tel: 020 7391 8833
The Wellcome Building 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE Tel: 020 7611 8888
Book: Placebo - The Belief Effect HarperCollins - ISBN 0007126123
Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Bath Bath BA2 7AY Tel: 01225-826131
Department of Psychology 100 St. George Street Room 4072 Toronto Ontario M5S 3G3 Tel: (416) 978-3406
Dr Dina Glouberman
92 Prince of Wales Road London NW5 3NE Tel: 020 7267 4424
Books: : How the End of the World Can Be a New Beginning Top of Form 1 Hodder Mobius ISBN: 0340821582
Life Choices, Life Changes: Develop your personal vision with image work. Hodder & Stoughton General ISBN: 0340826762
College Lane Hatfield Herts AL10 9AB Tel: 01707 284000
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