The Suggestible Brain: The Science and Magic of How We Make Up Our Minds - Hardcover

Raz, Amir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306833433 ISBN 13: 9780306833434

Publisher: Hachette Go, 2024

Synopsis

Dr. Amir Raz collects decades of research and case studies to offer the definitive, interdisciplinary account of how suggestion changes the brain and shapes our behavior, and how we can harness suggestibility in our own lives.

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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 (e.g., New York Times, Scientific American Mind), and he has written over 200 peer-reviewed articles (Nature, PNAS, Neuroimage, etc.) and won a Young Investigator Award and Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association. He is a speaker in high demand (e.g., his TEDx talk, "When can deception be good for you?") and has been featured in documentaries (e.g., with the BBC, National Geographic, and the CBC).

Edition details

• Publisher: Hachette Go
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306833433
• ISBN 13: 9780306833434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272