News & Media
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Dr. Crum featured on the Hidden Brain podcast
As a guest on the Hidden Brain, Dr. Crum discusses how mindsets shape our lives in subtle but profound ways
December 07, 2022
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The Science and Mindsets for Health and Performance
As a guest on the Huberman Lab podcast, Alia Crum discusses the profound influence that our mindsets about stress, nutrition, exercise, and disease have on our lives.
December 07, 2022
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Dr. Crum featured in Stanford Magazine
Stanford Magazine's December 2022 covers story profiles Alia Crum and the work of the Mind & Body Lab
December 01, 2022
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Placebo Effects in Medicine
Ted Kaptchuk, an MBL collaborator, co-authored a perspectives article in the New England Journal of Medicine, "Placebo Effects in Medicine."
November 29, 2022
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You Are What You (Think) You Eat
New research reveals why food labeled 'healthy' is unsatisfying.
November 29, 2022
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Why 'Diet' Food Is So Unsatisfying
People feel satisfied sooner when consuming food that is 'indulgent'.
November 29, 2022
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MBL Collaborator Abraham Verghese to Receive the National Humanities Medal
Abraham Verghese, director of Stanford Presence and an MBL partner at Stanford Medicine, is to receive the National Humanities Medal. Congratulations Abraham!
November 29, 2022
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Drinking Water but Feeling Caffeine
A recent MBL study demonstrates that what a bystander says shapes not only what we think about a product, but also how our bodies respond to it.
November 28, 2022
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Zahrt & Crum featured in New York Times
[Zahrt and Crum] found a strong correlation between people’s dying early and their believing that they were relatively inactive.
November 28, 2022
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Just Thinking You Have Poor Endurance Genes Changes Your Body
Science Magazine publishes article about MBL's recent paper, "Learning one’s genetic risk changes physiology independent of actual genetic risk."
November 28, 2022
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Effects of Taste-Focused Labels on Vegetable Intake
Brad Turnwald, Maggie Perry, Alia Crum, and colleagues publish paper in Psychological Science testing a food-labeling intervention in university dining halls across the country.
November 22, 2022
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January 24, 2022
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Changing Mindsets about Side Effects
Kari Leibowitz, Lauren Howe, and Ali Crum publish paper in BMJ Open.
December 13, 2021
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Thriving under Pressure: The Effects of Stress-Related Wise Interventions on Affect, Sleep, and Exam Performance for College Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Parker Goyer, Ali Crum and collaborators published this paper in Emotion.
December 13, 2021
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Can exercising and eating healthy be fun and indulgent instead of boring and depriving? Targeting mindsets about the process of engaging in healthy behaviors.
Danielle Boles, Brad Turnwald, Rina Horii, Taylor Duarte, Octavia Zahrt, Ali Crum, and collaborators published this article in Frontiers in Psychology.
December 13, 2021
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November 30, 2021
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Stanford scholar applies a Norwegian mindset about winter to a COVID-19 world
Kari Leibowitz interviewed by Stanford News about how her research on wintertime mindsets in Norway can help us navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 06, 2021
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Most Popular American Movies Depict an Unhealthy Diet, Stanford Researchers find
Stanford News writes a story about a recent paper by Brad Turnwald, Isaac Handley-Miner, Natalie Samuels, Alia Crum, and colleagues. published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
December 10, 2020
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What's the Opposite of the Placebo Effect?
Kari Leibowitz publishes article in the Paper Gown, the Zocdoc blog, about the nocebo effect.
July 06, 2020
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Mind & Body Lab Mobilize to Understand People's Perceptions of COVID-19
Researchers at the Stanford Mind & Body Lab have launched a project exploring people's perceptions of and reactions to the coronavirus in the United States.
April 26, 2020