health

  • Discounting

    Would you rather have £90 today or £100 in a month? Have you ever thought about how long it would take for that decision to change? Most of you would take the £90. Right now. Guaranteed. In your hand today. And honestly, that’s exactly the response your brain is designed to give you. It feels…

  • The Nocebo Effect

    He still wanted the purple pills. He was adamant they worked far better than the cheaper, non-purple generic alternative. The pills were chemically identical in terms of the active drug, but the non-branded ones, he told me, just didn’t work at all. Most people are already aware of the phenomenon called the placebo effect. The…