Health

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.

Stanford News writes story about recent paper by Lauren Howe, Kari Leibowitz, Maggie Perry, Alia Crum, and colleagues.

The New York Times publishes article about MBL's recent paper, "Learning one’s genetic risk changes physiology independent of actual genetic risk."

The Atlantic publishes article about MBL's recent paper, "Learning one’s genetic risk changes physiology independent of actual genetic risk."

Science Magazine publishes article about MBL's recent paper, "Learning one’s genetic risk changes physiology independent of actual genetic risk."

A paper published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on the effects of health care providers' warmth on patients' perceptions of time.

Alia Crum was featured in a New Scientist article about the role mindsets play in shaping our health.

Alia Crum and collaborator Ted Kaptchuk were featured in Time Magazine's article, "People Are Now Taking Placebo Pills to Deal With Their Health Problems—And It's Working."

Alia Crum presented at the 2018 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Click to watch her talk.

[Zahrt and Crum] found a strong correlation between people’s dying early and their believing that they were relatively inactive.

Alia Crum publishes blog post illuminating the ways mindsets influence health, and how we can use them to improve well-being.

Dr. Alia Crum shares research on placebos and encourages us to consider the placebo effect as more than a mysterious response to an inert substance.

Lauren Howe, Parker Goyer, and Alia Crum explore the influence of physician characteristics on placebo response.

Stanford scholars encourage more healthcare professionals to place emphasis on the importance of people’s mindsets and social context in healing.

How our minds push our bodies to defy expectations, beliefs, and even our own biology—in short, to make miracles.

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.