Mind-set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo… : DASH Story 2016-03-23
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I am writing a book and developing behavioral interventions to promote brain health and flourishing. In exploring the topic of stress, I read "The Upside of Stress" by Kelly McGonical, who mentioned the research on stress mindsets by Alia Crum and Ellen Langer. I am familiar with Langer, but not with Crum and I wanted to read her original research papers, rather than rely simply on McGonigal's summary. I am not attached to a university and cannot afford to pay $35 for each research paper I want to read. I am always thrilled and grateful when important papers are made available for free to the general public. I appreciate the need for people to get paid for their work, but broad, unrestricted access to information is so critical to fostering the an open dialogue that is grounded in research rather than intuition.
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