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ALL IN THE MIND
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Wednesday 16:30-17:00
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.
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WednesdayÌý12 FebruaryÌý2003
Brain Scan

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?


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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


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