暗示可以減輕病症，還可以竄改記憶？暗示不只是心理作用，更是神經科學正在揭開的祕密無形推薦（依姓氏筆畫排序）　張葶葶　國立政治大學心理系教授／心智、大腦與學習研究中心主任　曾明宗　國立臺灣大學腦與心智科學研究所副教授　蘇益賢　臨床心理師「暗示」是一種具有影響力的溝通方式，會在你心中悄悄種下一顆信念的種子，等到破土而出時，它將長成你深信不疑的「真實」。與此同時，「暗示」也具有生理學的基礎。本書作者阿米爾．拉茲是擁有豐富表演經歷的魔術師，同時是一名頂尖神經科學家，他透過妥瑞氏症、乳糖不耐症、哮喘等各種疾病的病例研究與實驗，描繪出魔術與科學的共通之處，說明暗示如何深入大腦、操縱行為，甚至影響身體機能，為醫學帶來新的可能性。你容易被暗示影響嗎？——可暗示性一個人遵從暗示影響行為的程度高低，稱作「可暗示性」。每個人皆帶有可暗示性，只是程度因人而異。1965年諾貝爾物理學獎得主理查．菲利普斯．費曼曾記錄他在公開論壇接受了一連串繞會場一圈的暗示後，決定反抗最後的指令。當...

Neuroscientist Amir Raz shares decades of research and case studies to show how suggestion changes the brain and shapes our behavior—and how we can protect ourselves from and harness suggestibility in our own lives.Suggestions can make cheap wine taste like Château Margaux, warp our perception of time, and alter our memories—and in an age where disinformation has impacted our personal lives and our politics, the power of suggestion is worth even more attention....

La suggestione può trasformare un vino scadente in un Barbaresco, deformare la percezione del tempo e alterare i ricordi. In un'epoca in cui la disinformazione influenza le nostre vite come mai prima, è un potere che merita ancora più attenzione. Amir Raz mette insieme aspetti cognitivi della psicologia, della sociologia e dell'antropologia con alcuni temi della nostra cultura contemporanea, dei media e una serie di casi di pazienti con disturbi che vanno dalla sindrome di Tourette all'int...

Brain training is all the rage. Commercial and clinical initiatives capitalize on trailblazing interdisciplinary research that spans domains such as education, psychological and brain science, cognitive remediation, and mental health. Promotional materials boast that we can learn to think and respond faster, focus better, and control our emotions; companies and authors market techniques to boost memory, increase confidence, and overcome cognitive impairments. 'How (not) to Train the Brain'...

Neuroscientist Amir Raz shares decades of research and case studies to show how suggestion changes the brain and shapes our behavior—and how we can protect ourselves from and harness suggestibility in our own lives.Suggestions can make cheap wine taste like Château Margaux, warp our perception of time, and alter our memories—and in an age where disinformation has impacted our personal lives and our politics, the power of suggestion is worth even more attention....

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. Rather than consider placebos through the narrow narrative of "sugar pills" in clinical trials, this book provides various perspectives on how psychosocial parameters - such as interpersonal...

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. In a bree...

Research over the past decade has helped to demystify hypnosis and meditation, bringing these practices into the scientific and clinical mainstream. Yet, while hypnosis and meditation overlap on many levels, few scientific accounts have explored their complementary rapprochement. Despite cultural and historical differences, hypnosis and meditation share common phenomenology, cognitive processes, and potential therapeutic merits. This book provides a synthesis of knowledge concerning the br...