Jo Marchant

Science Journalist

Science journalist Jo Marchant set out in her book Cure: a journey into the science of mind over body, to find out more about the evidence for how our minds can influence our bodies. She tells us about some of the fascinating experiments that researchers are conducting into phenomena such as the placebo effect. How can we sometimes use the power of our minds to trick our bodies into feeling better, and what does this tell us about how the mind works?