Price, Pleasure and the Power of Suggestion

By Harvey Steiman
Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

In a scientific study just reported, Caltech researchers measured brain waves in 21 test subjects as they sampled wines. The subjects' pleasure center got more excited when they thought they were drinking.....

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