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Deadly Mentalism by Ben Rayot | PDF | 1 MB

In his first ever book, Ben Rayot reveals some of his most “deadly weapons,” the routines that he has used time after time to get strong reactions from audiences. These are some of the finest mental effects released in some time.

Contains:

* E.S.Pecially for You
* Eye Can See What You Are Thinking
* Magnas Veritas
* Off Centre Tear
* Singing in the Vain
* What Sign are You?
* Hallucinations - a spectator hallucinates seeing a card in the deck

If you’re looking for high-impact mentalism, look no further.

Mental Models & the Mind, Volume 138: Current developments in Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind

Carsten Held, Gottfried Vosgerau, Markus Knauff, ” Mental Models & the Mind, Volume 138: Current developments in Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind”
North Holland; 1 edition (March 31, 2006) | ISBN: 0444520791 | 286 pages | PDF | 13,2 Mb
“Cognitive psychology,” “cognitive neuroscience,” and “philosophy of mind” are names for three very different scientific fields, but they label aspects of the same scientific goal: to understand the nature of mental phenomena. Today, the three disciplines strongly overlap under the roof of the cognitive sciences. The book’s purpose is to present views from the different disciplines on one of the central theories in cognitive science: the theory of mental models. Cognitive psychologists report their research on the representation and processing of mental models in human memory. Cognitive neuroscientists demonstrate how the brain processes visual and spatial mental models and which neural processes underlie visual and spatial thinking. Philosophers report their ideas about the role of mental models in relation to perception, emotion, representation, and intentionality. The single articles have different and mutually complementing goals: to introduce new empirical methods and approaches, to report new experimental results, and to locate competing approaches for their interpretation in the cross-disciplinary debate. The book is strongly interdisciplinary in character. It is especially addressed to researchers in any field related to mental models theory as both a reference book and an overview of present research on the topic in other disciplines. However, it is also an ideal reader for a specialized graduate course.

*Examines the theory of mental models from the perspectives of cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of the mind
*Introduces new empirical methods, experimental results, and interdisciplinary yet complementary approaches
*Serves as a reference book and an overview of current research

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The Life of the Mind: An Introduction to Psychology by Richard Gerrig
Published by The Teaching Company| 8 lectures, 45 minutes/lecture, out of print with guidebook
MPEG 2.0 layer 3 | VBR V5 | 44100Hz mono | 198 MB MB

A series of eight lectures with Dr. Richard Gerrig discussing how psychology governs the way we live and how the mechanisms of the human brain shape psychology.

Lectures:
01-08 - Interpreting Social Situations
02-08 - Coping with Social Information
03-08 - Cognitive Processes and Memory
04-08 - The Development of Knowledge: Nature Versus Nurture
05-08 - The Brain and Behavior Lesson
06-08 - Personality and Individual Differences
07-08 - Varieties of Abnormal Behavior
08-08 - Psychopathology and Treatment

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Irving B. Wiener (Ed. in Chief), “Wiley Handbook Of Psychology - 12 Volumes - Reupload”
John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2003 | ISBN 0471176699 | 7800 pages (total) | PDF | 42 Mb
Unlike an encyclopaedia, the volumes in this set can stand alone as state-of-the-field handbooks. Together they cover both the science and the practice of psychology broadly and in depth. Each volume has its own editor(s) and contains some two dozen articles by experts who write well for an audience intended to include graduate students in behavioral science, professional psychologists who need a refresher course in their own speciality and/or an introduction to others, and educated readers outside of psychology who want to delve into it.

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Unlike an encyclopedia, the volumes in this set can stand alone as state-of-the-field handbooks. Together they cover both the science and the practice of psychology broadly and in depth. Each volume has its own editor(s) and contains some two dozen articles by experts who write well for an audience intended to include graduate students in behavioral science, professional psychologists who need a refresher course in their own specialty and/or an introduction to others, and educated readers outside of psychology who want to delve into it. Organized with great care, the set has a logical integrity unified by two threads: the history and evolution of each topic and the importance of research. Accordingly, the first two volumes treat history and research methods. The next five present content areas, and the last five are devoted to applied psychology. Volume 1 treats the history of the topics in the next 11 volumes and also offers 15 articles on such issues as intelligence, emotion, personality, women and gender, undergraduate education, and ethnic minorities. Editor-in-Chief Weiner (psychology, Univ. of South Florida) writes the essay on assessment and the lead ar ticle in Volume 10, breathing life into a typically dry corpus. The references are remarkably current (many have appeared since 2000), and controversy pops up; e.g., the essay on expanding roles for psychologists admits that some are \”scoundrels for hire,\” while others are great benefactors.

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Richard J. Davidson, Klaus R. Scherer, H. Hill Goldsmith , “Handbook of Affective Sciences”
Oxford University Press, USA; 1st edition (November 23, 2002) | ISBN:0195126017 | 1230 pages | CHM | 17,1 Mb

This volume is a comprehensive roadmap to the burgeoning area of affective sciences, which now spans several disciplines. The Handbook brings together, for the first time, the various strands of inquiry and latest research in the scientific study of the relationship between the mechanisms of the brain and the psychology of mind. In recent years, scientists have made considerable advances in understanding how brain processes shape emotions and are changed by human emotion. Drawing on a wide range of neuroimaging techniques, neuropsychological assessment, and clinical research, scientists are beginning to understand the biological mechanisms for emotions. As a result, researchers are gaining insight into such compelling questions as: How do people experience life emotionally? Why do people respond so differently to the same experiences? What can the face tell us about internal states? How does emotion in significant social relationships influence health? Are there basic emotions common to all humans? This volume brings together the most eminent scholars in the field to present, in sixty original chapters, the latest research and theories in the field. The book is divided into ten sections: Neuroscience; Autonomic Psychophysiology; Genetics and Development; Expression; Components of Emotion; Personality; Emotion and Social Processes; Adaptation, Culture, and Evolution; Emotion and Psychopathology; and Emotion and Health. This major new volume will be an invaluable resource for researchers that will define affective sciences for the next decade.

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