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Washington DC [US], January 2 (ANI): According to new research by Harvard psychologists Peter Aungle and Ellen Langer, perceived time has a major impact on the real-time it takes to heal physical wounds...
Their study, published in Nature Scientific Reports, challenges conventional beliefs about psychological influences on physical health..
The findings suggest a broader range of psychological influences than is currently appreciated...
Perceived time was then manipulated in the lab, with each study participant completing three experimental conditions: Slow Time (0.5x real time), Normal Time (1x real time), and Fast Time (2x real time)...
Psychological influences on physical health are typically understood in terms of influences on emotion (e.g., stress, inflammation, and immune function) and behavior (e.g., beliefs that promote healthy actions)..
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