https://n2v.paloaltoonline.com/square/print/2009/01/18/mind-over-matter


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Mind over matter

Original post made on Jan 18, 2009

Dieting by proxy — it's a tantalizing fantasy. But the way people see themselves behaving on screen can affect real health changes, Stanford researchers have found.

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Comments

Posted by Bill
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Jan 18, 2009 at 11:47 am

People like to reinforce the atavistic instincts that served their primate ancestors immediate gratification rather than cultivate the logical responses to their enviroment that make life more progressive.