3 Quotes & Sayings By Christian Jarrett

Christian Jarrett is a psychologist and blogger. He blogs about psychology, philosophy, and current events at www.psychologytoday.com/blog . He is the author of the international best seller The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living, as well as many books on psychology, including "The Ease of Acheiving" and "The Book of Useless Information". He was a contributor to "The New York Times Magazine" from 2009-2017.

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No one has direct access to your mind like you do. That's why introspection remains a valid technique even after the invention of brain scanners. Christian Jarrett
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The placebo effect has an evil twin known as the nocebo effect. This is when the expectation of harm or pain becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy, even in the absence of any known physical effect. One candidate for the nocebo effect is the discomfort some people report experiencing after using mobile phones. Scientists have failed to identify a physical cause, so it's possible the adverse effects are caused by negative beliefs about the technology. . Christian Jarrett