The following news clip from CBS: This Morning is about a recent sleep study that found that we can trick our brains into thinking we've had a good night's sleep. Here's an abstract of the actual study that was published in this month's Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. Here's a brief rundown of the study in this month's Popular Science.
What I would really like to focus on is the statement that "Someone in authority has to tell me that" for this placebo effect to work.
"If a trusted authority figure gives you information, you will believe it; and the interesting thing is that it doesn't just create inspiration and motivation, it changes physiology."
That is really an amazing thing. The persuasive effect of the words of a trusted authority figure. It boggles the mind if you sit and just ponder about the implications and ramifications of this statement. Think about it. Seriously!
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