Voices of MBL

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

Feeling less fit in comparison to others might trim away years of life, according to a recent study published by Octavia Zahrt and Alia Crum.

Mind & Body Lab honor student, Steve Rathje ('18), publishes article in the Guardian on the effects of framing and metaphors.

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.

Alia Crum is interviewed by Peter Bowes about the role of mindset in health & lifestyle choices on the LLAMA Podcast, which is explores issues related to human longevity.

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

Alia Crum and colleagues argue that acting on the growing evidence about the influence of patient mindset and social context on response to healthcare can improve outcomes.

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.