Healthcare

Kari Leibowitz, Emerson Hardebeck, Parker Goyer, and Alia Crum publish paper in Health Psychology investigating the mechanisms and moderators of open-label placebos.

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

MBL members Lauren Howe (postdoc) and Kari Leibowitz (PhD student) discuss the importance of healthcare provider warmth in a New York Times Op-Ed.

Lauren Howe publishes article in the Paper Gown, the Zocdoc blog, about findings from MBL's recent paper, "Providers’ demeanor impacts patient perceptions of visit length."

The Stanford Medicine blog, SCOPE, publishes article featuring Lauren Howe in a discussion of MBL's recent paper, "Providers’ demeanor impacts patient perceptions of visit length."

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

Research by Mind & Body Lab members Kari Leibowitz, Emerson Hardebeck, Parker Goyer, and Alia Crum featured in Stanford News.

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."

Kari Leibowitz, Emerson Hardebeck, Parker Goyer, and Alia Crum published a paper in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on the benefits of physician assurance.

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 reports in New York Times article that for some patients, a doctor’s declarations of personal fitness may not have the intended effect of attracting new patients.