The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time the brain is collecting filtering & analyzing information & in response performing countless intricate processes some of which are automatic some voluntary some conscious & some unconscious. Cognitive neuroscience is one of the ways we have to understand the workings of our minds. Its the study of the brain biology behind our mental functions: a collection of methods--like brain scanning & computational modeling--combined with a way of looking at psychological phenomena & discovering where why & how the brain makes them happen. Want to know more? Mind Hacks is a collection of probes into the moment-by-moment works of the brain. Using cognitive neuroscience these experiments tricks & tips related to vision motor skills attention cognition subliminal perception & more throw light on how the human brain works. Each hack examines specific operations of the brain. By seeing how the brain responds we pick up clues about the architecture & design of the brain learning a little bit more about how the brain is put together. Mind Hacks begins your exploration of the mind with a look inside the brain itself using hacks such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Turn On & Off Bits of the Brain" & " Tour the Cortex & the Four Lobes." Also among the 100 hacks in this book youll find: * Release Eye Fixations for Faster Reactions * See Movement When All is Still * Feel the Presence & Loss of Attention * Detect Sounds on the Margins of Certainty * Mold Your Body Schema * Test Your Handedness * See a Person in Moving Lights * Make Events Understandable as Cause-&-Effect * Boost Memory by Using Context * Understand Detail & the Limits of Attention Steven Johnson author of " Mind Wide Open" writes in his foreword to the book " These hacks amaze because they reveal the brains hidden logic; they shed light on the cheats & shortcuts & latent assumptions our brains make about the world." If you want to know more about whats going on in your head then Mind Hacks is the key--let yourself play with the interface between you & the world." ...

It's time for Moorepark Middle School's annual Speak Out Challenge & Billy Broccoli thinks he's got it made. With his best friend Hoover Porterhouse
- the ghost with the most
- by his side Billy's got the competition in the bag. Who wouldn't vote for a demonstration on mind reading?

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The beginners guide to mental magic No rabbits. No wands. Just dozens of first-rate effects illusions & tricks guaranteed to amaze. Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies pulls back the curtain & introduces the secret world of mentalism for the first time. With this book & the included DVD budding practitioners have everything they need to master some of the most astounding illusions imaginable from exercising psychic powers & reading minds to harnessing mental energy to control fire & bend metal from across the stage. * Each effect in the book is presented from three perspectives: what the audience sees how the trick is performed & how to present it in a way that thrills spectators making it the comprehensive essential guide to blowing your audience away. * The DVD

Includes:: performances of many of the effects outlined in the book to help readers put the information into action * Provides both introductory-level lessons on the art of performing & a host of great effects that will meet the needs of beginners Mind Magic & Mentalism For Dummies is the essential introduction to this mysterious art that can seemingly provide readers with the powers of clairvoyance mind control divination & precognition. Note
- CD-ROM/DVD & other supplementary materials are not included as part of the e-book file but are available for download after purchase.


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Tony Buzan is the inventor of Mind Maps & The Mind Map Book is the original & best book on how to use them effectively in your own life. Often referred to as 'the Swiss army knife for the brain' Mind Maps are a ground-breaking note-taking technique that have already revolutionised the lives of many millions of people around the world & taken the educational & business world by storm. This practical full-colour book will transform the way you plan & organise your life. At school they're perfect for taking notes revising for exams & planning essays; at work they're great for improving your organisational skills preparing & running meetings & planning strategy; & in your personal life no matter what you're trying to plan be it a wedding a garden or even your own future -- Mind Maps can help. Discover how Mind Maps can boost your memory unlock your creativity improve your concentration revolutionise how you think & learn. Discover today how Mind Maps can change your life. ...

This bite-size version is of one of Tony Buzans most enduring topics; Mind Maps. The Mind Map which has been called the Swiss army knife for the brain is a ground-breaking note-taking technique that is already used by more than 250 million people worldwide & has taken the educational & business worlds by storm. This book offers a swift introduction to Tony Buzans tried tested & very successful techniques. ...

Mind Maps for Kids has taken the education world by storm selling over 20 500 copies in the first four months of publication. Back by popular demand Mind Map genius Tony Buzan now works his magic on the area of learning that most worries children parents & teachers alike: revision. With Tony Buzan its all brain no pain! Summary of contents Children their parents & teachers are all accutely aware of the pressures to succeed in school exams but do not always have the best tools to revise effectively. Mind Mapping is a breakthrough system of planning & note-taking that cuts revision time in half with double the results. Tony Buzan shows just how easy Mind Mapping is & how kids can use it to: * Improve memory & concentration * Pass exams with flying colours * Remember facts & figures with ease * Make clearer & better notes * Understand concepts & think laterally * Unlock the imagination * Improve concentration & save time * Plan answers calmly during exams * Make revision fun & enjoyable Mind Maps for Kids: Revision is the shortcut to success in exams that will put your child one step
- or even miles!
- ahead.

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Paul Davies The Mind of God: Science & the Search for Ultimate Meaning" explores how modern science is beginning to shed light on the mysteries of our existence. Is the universe
- & our place in it
- the result of random chance or is there an ultimate meaning to existence? Where did the laws of nature come from? Were they created by a higher force or can they be explained in some other way? How for example could a mechanism as complex as an eye have evolved without a creator? Paul Davies argues that the achievement of science & mathematics in unlocking the secrets of nature mean that there must be a deep & significant link between the human mind & the organization of the physical world. In this quest for an ultimate explanation of the universe he examines the origin of the cosmos the possibility of other universes & the claim that we inhabit a kind of gigantic computer. The universe is he concludes no mere quirk of fate but a meaningful place for thinking beings. Through science we can truly glimpse the mind of God. " Makes us re-examine the great questions of existence". (" The New York Times"). " The greatest achievement of the book is to provide an insight into the nature of science itself & the uncertainties that lie in the physical realm". (John Gribbin " Sunday Times"). " For those brought up on a diet of Adam & Eve " The Mind of God" will make surprising reading". (" Independent"). Paul Davies is Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science & co-Director of the Cosmology Initiative both at Arizona State University. An internationally-acclaimed physicist writer & broadcaster Davies is the author of some twenty award-winning books including " The Eerie Silence: Searching for Ourselves in the Universe" " The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?" & " About Time: Einsteins Unfinished Revolution"."

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'A fascinating funny disconcerting & lucid book.' Helen Dunmore Perhaps your brain seems to stumble when faced with the 13 times table or persistently fails to master parallel parking. But you're in control of it right? Sorry. Think again. Dotted with popular explanations of the latest research & fascinating real-life examples psychologist Cordelia Fine tours the less salubrious side of human psychology. She shows that the human brain is in fact stubborn emotional & deceitful teaching you everything you always wanted to know about the brain
- & plenty you probably didn't.
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Is it possible to send thoughts into someone elses brain? Can random number generators predict future events? Why does a placebo work like a drug? Might our minds be components of a universal collective consciousness? Astonishingly the answer to more than one of these questions might be yes. The same goes for many more every bit as fantastical-sounding. Such questions about the human psyche have inspired thinkers in the field of noetics to attempt to understand the individual mind & spirit & the collective consciousness in a remarkable range of new & amazing ways. Even in this age of neurological discovery the mind is still largely uncharted territory. What if there is more to the power of thought than we have yet realised? Do these views represent a paradigm shift? Are we on the verge of a radically new way of looking at the world? Or are noetic scientists no more than charlatans or naifs? This enthralling introduction to a fascinating & relatively new field takes in an extraordinary breadth of topics from well-established phenomena like the placebo effect & brainwashing to the possible effects of a global collective consciousness. Even-handed in its approach it sifts fact from fantasy-and fraud-casting a searching no-nonsense light into some of the most shadowy corners of contemporary thought. Whilst encompassing the ideas of the greatest minds in Western intellectual & scientific history-Aristotle Descartes Newton Einstein & more-it ventures far beyond the confines of that tradition to address Eastern thought & other ways of knowing. Offering a unique tour through the mysteries of the mind as far as they are currently known it also explores some of the enigmas that might conceivably be unlocked in the near future. ...

In clinical trials it's called the placebo effect. But patients treated with placebos don't just feel better. It's not just 'in their heads'. They can heal their bodies by healing their thoughts. For years pioneers in the medical community have been extolling the virtues of the mind's power to heal the body. Their insights into the connection between our thoughts & emotions & our physiological states have long been dismissed as quackery pseudoscience & shams but today there is scientific evidence that we can self-heal
- & in some special cases cure
- illness & disease. Western-trained integrative physician & obstetrics & gynaecology doctor Lissa Rankin pored over hundreds of objectively evaluated peer-reviewed studies from medical journals to find proof that the mind can heal the body. In this book Mind Over Medicine" she shares some of these extraordinary cases as well as stories of hope & spontaneous healing from her own practice. She also guides you through the process of uncovering where things might be out of whack in your life
- spiritually creatively environmentally in your professional & personal relationships
- so that you can create a customised treatment plan aimed at bolstering all of these health-promoting aspects of your life. By expanding your definition of health & healing you can diagnose the real reason you're sick & suffering as well as find new ways to improve your health & boost your vitality."



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