{"product_id":"mind-myths-exploring-popular-assumptions-about-the-mind-and-brain-paperback-softback-9780471983033","title":"Mind Myths; Exploring Popular Assumptions About the Mind and Brain (Paperback \/ softback) 9780471983033","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMind Myths\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExploring Popular Assumptions About the Mind and Brain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSergio Della Sala (Edited by), S Della Sala (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471983033, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 March 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMind Myths\u003c\/em\u003e is a very good book. \u003cem\u003eMind Myths\u003c\/em\u003e is worthwhile reading for scientists and clinicians....\" (\u003cem\u003eApplied Cognitive Psychology,\u003c\/em\u003e Vol 15, 2001) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"... thoroughly enjoyable book....\" (\u003cem\u003eNeuropsychological Rehabilitation,\u003c\/em\u003e October 2000) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book tells a fascinating story.\" (\u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry,\u003c\/em\u003e Volume 15, 2000)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCurrently there is a gap between what scientists know aboutthe mindand brain and the assumptions that others draw from sources ofeveryday information such as newspapers, popular press andtelevision. Mind Myths attempts to close this gap by bringingtogether top international neuroscientists and psychologists toprovide a fascinating and scientifically reliable insight into theneuropsychological and cognitive phenomena that are frequentlyreported in the media. A multitude of mind myth topics are tackled,for example\u003cbr\u003e * the resuscitation from coma thanks to a patient's avourite songs\u003cbr\u003e * the creativity of the right hemisphere\u003cbr\u003e * the false memory syndrome\u003cbr\u003e * the placebo effect\u003cbr\u003e * learning while sleeping\u003cbr\u003e \"Mind Myths...includes the remarkably persistent fallacy that weonly ever use 10% of our brains, the assumption that our rightbrains function as artistic hippies and our left as desiccatedaccountants ...the book is written in a lively style and will, Ihope, be read widely by science journalists, and others who helpperpetuate the various myths... an excellent focus for anundergraduate seminar, providing a stimulating bridge between thepsychological laboratory and the rather untilled field of folkpsychology.\" From the Foreword by Alan Baddeley\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This unique book will appeal to professionals and students acrossthe psychology and science disciplines and anyone else with aninterest in how the brain works in everyday situations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSECTION 1: BRAIN MYTHOLOGY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Whence Cometh the Myth that We Only Use Ten Percent of OurBrain? (Barry Beyerstein).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Are We in Our Right Minds? (Michael C. Corballis).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Energy and the Brain: Facts and Fantasies (Fernando D.Saravi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Pseudoscience and the Brain: Tuners and Tonics for AspiringSuperhumans (Barry L. Beyerstein).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SECTION 2: THE TWILIGHT ZONE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Near-Death Experience and Ecstasy: A Production of theOrganisation of the Human Brain (Michael Persinger).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Lazarus Syndrome (Ennio De Renzi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SECTION 3: MYTHS ABOUT MEMORY AND CREATIVE THINKING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Lie Down and Let Me Tell You About Your Childhood... (MaryanneGarry, Susan Frame and Elizabeth F. Loftus).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Repetita (Non) Iuvant (Robert H. Logie and Sergio DellaSala).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Creative Thinking: Myths and Misconceptions (K. Gilhooly).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SECTION 4: CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES: CLONES, AGEING, ANDHYPNOSIS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. The Myth of the Clonable Human Brain (G. Berlucchi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. When Age Is In, the Wit Is Out? (Pat Rabbitt).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. Hypnosis (Graham F. Wagstaff).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SECTION 5: THE MULTIFARIOUS ASPECTS OF DECEPTION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. I Shall Please: the Mysterious Power of Placebos (Edzard Ernstand Neil C. Abbott).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. The Magicians Best-Kept Secrets (James Randi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15.It s All in the Mind. On the Mechanisms of Deception in PsychicFraud (Massimo Polidoro).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16.Recent Advances in Moving Backwards (Katharine M. Leafhead andMichael D. Kopelman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SECTION 6: MEDIA WATCH.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17. The Media and the Brain (Toby Howard and Steve Donnelly).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472130011416,"sku":"9780471983033","price":53.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471983033.jpg?v=1785718474","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mind-myths-exploring-popular-assumptions-about-the-mind-and-brain-paperback-softback-9780471983033","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}