Mind Set Daily

Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Worried Sick? Media Reports May Trigger Real Symptoms" Driven by media and online coverage of the idea, many believe that things like wifi and cell-phone signals are making them ill. How much is self-generated complaint and wishful victimization -- resulting in a very real, nasty physical reaction -- and how much is the actual consequence of the technology? Do you know? Can you separate? A recent fascinating study was done and it was published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, where researchers tested a powerful new WiFi antenna, placed on subjects' heads to see how well it worked and what, if any, ill effects might result. Can you guess? How many subjects felt hot, dizzy, sickened, even so incapacitated by this strong and experimental WiFi they couldn't even walk? Answer: More than half. The catch, of course, was there was no WiFi signal; the antenna was a fake. The participants were in no actual danger whatsoever, these symptoms were generated b