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    Dr. Alia Crum tells the story of a patient who recovered quickly after being told that they may receive a special treatment, when in reality they only received a placebo IV. [1] She conducted several experiments showing the power of mindset and expectations on physical recovery and performance. Her experiments found that mindset can enhance or inhibit the placebo effect, and that subtle changes in mindset language can produce meaningful results. [2] Dr. Crum argues that mindset plays a powerful role in recovery and outcomes, and that applying this knowledge of the mind-body connection could benefit many areas of people's lives. [3]

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    Dr. Alia Crum tells the story of a patient who recovered quickly after being told that they may receive a special treatment, when in reality they only received a placebo IV. [1] She conducted several experiments showing the power of mindset and expectations on physical recovery and performance. Her experiments found that mindset can enhance or inhibit the placebo effect, and that subtle changes in mindset language can produce meaningful results. [2] Dr. Crum argues that mindset plays a powerful role in recovery and outcomes, and that applying this knowledge of the mind-body connection could benefit many areas of people's lives. [3]

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    Dr. Alia Crum tells the story of a patient who recovered quickly after being told that they may receive a special treatment, when in reality they only received a placebo IV. [1] She conducted several experiments showing the power of mindset and expectations on physical recovery and performance. Her experiments found that mindset can enhance or inhibit the placebo effect, and that subtle changes in mindset language can produce meaningful results. [2] Dr. Crum argues that mindset plays a powerful role in recovery and outcomes, and that applying this knowledge of the mind-body connection could benefit many areas of people's lives. [3]

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    Ted Talks:

    Change your mindset, change the game.

    Pre-listening task
    1. Match the words with their definitions.

    1. to be aware (v) (a) a surgical operation;


    (b) careful study of a subject;
    2. a tweak (n)
    (c) to know something exists and is important;
    3. a pump (n) (d) a slight change;
    4. relief (n) (e) to raise to a higher degree; to improve
    (f) a machine that is used to force liquid, gas or air
    5. research (n)
    into or out of something;
    6. mindset (n) (g) to calculate, quantify, evaluate.
    7. IV (n) (h) the feeling of happiness that you have when
    something unpleasant stops or does not happen;
    8. to enhance (v)
    (i) an apparatus used to administer a fluid (as of
    9. a procedure (n)
    medication, blood, or nutrients) intravenously;
    10. to measure (v) (j) a set of ideas that somebody has and that are
    often difficult to change;

    2. Read the title of the lecture. What do you think it means?

    Listening
    Part 1
    Watch Part 1 (4:05) of the lecture and answer the questions.

    1. What story does Dr. Crum tell in the beginning of the lecture? Give details.
    2. Why does she tell the story? What is she trying to prove to her audience?
    3. What is her definition of mindset?
    4. How is different from the definition in the first exercise?
    5. Dr. Crum accredits the results of the experiment to a medical phenomenon.
    Which medical phenomenon is it and how does she define it?
    6. According to her, how important is the role of patients’ mindset in recovery?
    Part 2
    Watch Part 2 (7:57) and answer the following questions.

    1. Dr. Crum talks about a second experiment regarding the power of the placebo effect.
    Give details about this experiment.

    What was Dr. Alia Crum’s target group?


    How was the experiment organised?
    How were the candidates measured?
    What her purpose in conducting the experiment?
    What were the results?
    Is it possible to confirm if there were no change in behaviour?

    Part 3
    Watch Part 3 (11:38) and answer the questions.

    1. Dr. Crum talks about a third experiment regarding the importance of mindsets.
    Give details about this experiment.

    How was this experiment organised?


    How did she evaluate the candidates?
    What was the catch of the experiment?
    What were the results?

    2. Were the results consistent with the previous studies?

    Part 4
    Watch the rest of the lecture and answer the questions.

    1. What is the last experiment about?


    2. How was this experiment organised?
    3. What were the results?
    4. What has Dr. Crum attempted to prove in these experiments?
    5. After watching the entire lecture, do you feel convinced by Dr. Crum’s
    argument regarding the power of the mindset?
    6. In her opinion, is it possible to apply this new knowledge into our lives?
    7. What areas of our lives could it influence?
    8. Have you ever experienced this in your life?

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