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The Suggestible Brain
The Science and Magic of How We Make Up
Our Minds
Amir Raz, PhD
Suggestions will move you whether or not you notice or believe them.
By learning about the art and science of suggestion, you can empower
and protect yourself, change your reality, boost your immunity, alter
your physiology, help others, and create social impact.
About the Author: Dr. Amir Raz is a world-renowned expert on the science of suggestion with recent positions as Canada Research Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Psychology at McGill University, and as Founding Director of The Institute for Interdisciplinary Brain and Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University. Formerly at Columbia University and Cornell Medical Center, his work has been covered widely in the media and he has written over 200 peer-reviewed articles in Nature, PNAS, Neuroimage, and other leading journals.”
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Casting Light on the Dark Side of Brain Imaging
Amir Raz and Robert T. Thibault
Most people find colorful brain scans highly compelling—and yet, many experts don’t. This discrepancy begs the question: What can we learn from neuroimaging? Is brain information useful in fields such as psychiatry, law, or education? How do neuroscientists create brain activation maps and why do we admire them?
Casting Light on The Dark Side of Brain Imaging tackles these questions through a critical and constructive lens—separating fruitful science from misleading neuro-babble.
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How (not) to train the brainHow (not) to Train the Brain’ examines the field of cognitive fitness and scrutinizes the scientific evidence in support of brain training techniques. With the potential to affect millions this topic is important for scientists, practitioners, educators, and the general public. While many a consumer often marvels at this highly commercialized field, discerning fact from fad becomes a challenge given the abundance of products, publications, and contexts.
Enhancing what's between your ears with (and without) science Amir Raz and Sheida Rabipour
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Hypnosis and meditationResearch over the past decade has helped to demystify hypnosis and meditation, bringing these practices into the scientific and clinical mainstream.
Towards an integrative science of conscious planes Edited by Amir Raz and Michael Lifshitz
Hypnosis and Meditation is a valuable resource to both specialists as well as interested lay readers, and paves the road to a more unified science of how attention influences states of brain, body, and consciousness. .
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Placebo Talks
Modern perspectives on placebos in society Edited by Amir Raz and Cory Harris
Why do red placebos stimulate whereas blue placebos calm? Why do more placebos work better than few? And why do more expensive placebos work better than cheaper ones? These are some of the key questions that often come to mind when we consider the slippery and counterintuitive field of placebo science.
Placebo Talks invites readers to discover how placebos may speak to their own experiences across health, society, sustenance, and related aspects of contemporary life.
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The Psychology of Magic and the Magic of PsychologyMagicians have dazzled audiences for many centuries; however, few researchers have studied how, let alone why, most tricks work. The psychology of magic is a nascent field of research that examines the underlying mechanisms that conjurers use to achieve enchanting phenomena, including sensory illusions, misdirection of attention, and the appearance of mind-control and nuanced persuasion.
Published in Frontiers Amir Raz, Jay A. Olson and Gustav Kuhn
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