Click "Like"!
-
Recent Posts
- “Motivation and emotion are two sides of the same coin” – Conversation with Ross Buck (Ph.D.) at University of Connecticut
- Circuits of empathy
- ‘Bad Blood’ (mala sangre)
- The man with two brains?
- Hope and Overcoming
- Bullies to school
- “Acceptance is fundamental” – Conversation with Ludmila Marcote
- Contemporary anxiety
- “If you control expectations, you control emotions” – Conversation with Mr. Li Zhuming
- Secret vote and private emotions
- About roses, foxes, puppies and humans
- The delicate balance: between belonging and individuality
- About deservingness
- The demand of happiness
- That swan named Natalie Portman…
- The Placebo and Nocebo effects
- “We want to build a machine that will be proud of us”
- Two in distress makes sorrow less
Recent Comments
- Cynthia Rotman on ** THE SEMINAR **
- Arvind Upadhyay on Two in distress makes sorrow less
- Mini on The Placebo and Nocebo effects
- Mini on That swan named Natalie Portman…
Archives
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: hope
Hope and Overcoming
While the warehouses of three ‘escolas de samba’ (samba schools) were in flames –on the first days of February last year, in Rio de Janeiro-, their members and fans were in tears. Their crying, however, was not enough to put … Continue reading
Posted in current issues, happiness
Tagged carnival 2011, carnival 2012, dreams, Grande Rio, hope, overcoming, samba school, strength
Leave a comment
The Placebo and Nocebo effects
When scientists perform studies that involve administering substances to patients, the latter are usually divided into groups, one of which is the ‘control group’. Instead of being provided the true chemical or medicine, this one is given a neutral … Continue reading
Posted in beliefs, emotions and health, interpreting
Tagged believe, certainty, healing, health, hope, interpretation, medicine, nocebo, placebo
1 Comment