The Expectation Effect

‘This book is entertaining, eye-opening, extremely useful and best of all, evidence-based’ - CLAUDIA HAMMOND‘As David Robson makes plain in this compelling book, the way we think about the world can profoundly shape how we navigate it. Based in science and packed with smart advice, The Expectation Effect will expand your mind - and maybe even extend your life’ - DANIEL H. PINK‘Mind-changing science … One of Robson’s many strengths as a chronicler of science is to take what might seem familiar and show - to his own evident excitement, as well - just how much deeper the rabbit hole goes … Compelling’ - OLIVER BURKEMAN‘This is an utterly riveting and transformative book. You can’t afford not to read it!’ - NIGELLA LAWSON‘A revelatory pop-science book on the idea that it’s not so much what happens to us as what we expect to happen that determines our health and wellbeing’ - Guardian” -

David Robson is an award-winning science journalist. His first book, The Intelligence Trap, has been translated into 15 languages. Previously an editor and senior journalist at BBC Future, Robson is now a freelance journalist; his writing has appeared in The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Atlantic, Washington Post and more.