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Hosted by Ira Glass Jan. 10, 2015
Can other people's expectations of you alter what you can do physically?

Can other people's expectations of you alter what you can do physically? Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller of NPR's new podcast Invisibilia investigate that question – specifically, they look into something that sounds impossible: if people’s expectations can change whether a blind man can see.

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Photo: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

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