The Psychological Power Of Expectations - David Robson - #456

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Hello, friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is David Robson. He's an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body and behavior. Our expectations have a profound effect on the outcomes that 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 that we care about to do with our lives and our health. Expect to learn how people with no gluten intolerance can have a gluten reaction after eating a meal with no gluten in it. Why the drones at Gatwick were probably imagined. Why French people eat worse than Americans but live longer. How your thoughts are more important than your genes when it comes to athletic performance. And much more. This book and David's work about The Expectation Effect has been completely consuming me since I had this conversation with him. I've spoken about it on a bunch of other podcasts that I've guested on. Every so often I do a podcast that completely sort of changes my view around something that we're all very familiar with. How we frame events and the sort of impact that this has. And this is a real, a very, very shocking episode in the nicest way possible. There is so much to take away from today. I really hope that you enjoy it. It's genuinely changed my worldview on a lot of things. So if you do enjoy it, then share it with a friend. This can help a lot of people. And if nothing else, it's really, really interesting. So yes, make sure that you do sit down and take some notes, or at the very least, focus, okay? In other news, this episode is brought to you by Let's Get Checked. Recent studies have shown that men's testosterone levels are dropping substantially since the 1980s, at about an average of 1% per year. Low testosterone can have all sorts of health effects on men, can cause you to lose muscle mass in your body, affect your mood, your memory and even your sex drive. Everyone's talking about low T men at the moment and low testosterone is more common as you get older, but it can affect men of any age. So today's sponsor, Let's Get Checked, are a worldwide leader in at-home testing kits and their male hormone tests allow you to easily test your testosterone levels at home. You can order a testing kit that will be delivered to you in discrete packaging with next day delivery. Once your sample arrives in the laboratory, confidential results will be available from your secure online account within two to five days. These results are reviewed by a clinician and a member of the Let's Get Checked nursing team may call you to review your results as well. Let's Get Checked laboratories are CLIA approved and CAP accredited to the highest ranking levels of accreditation. So if you want to test your hormone levels without having to leave your home, you can visit trylgc.com/modern to get 30% off your test. That's trylgc.com/modern.
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