This riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of research and interviews with leading experts in the field, Vance takes us on a Catemaco, Mexico. Vance’s first-hand dispatches will change the way you think and feel.