Health Research

The lifeblood of any free society is persuasion: changing other people's minds to enable real change. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. People increasingly write each other off instead of seeking to win each other over. In The Persuaders best-selling author Anand Giridharadas takes us inside these movements and battles, seeking out the dissenters who continue to champion persuasion in an age of polarisation.

Hypnotherapists and hypnotists, who are involved with medical, psychological, and performance-related applications, will be much more capable once they fully understand the concepts used in rapid hypnotherapy. Hypnosis Concepts provides a down-to-earth, simple concept of hypnosis and then explains several powerful concepts. Although this audiobook provides several scripts and demonstrations, it is intended to help practitioners quickly get their practice beyond elaborate and hard-to-master linguistic patterns and complex and lengthy scripts and focus on the basic fundamentals.

This book specifically explores how new paradigms related to biology has revolutionized how we view health and opens the door to several dramatically new approaches. The ideas discussed are based upon thousands of research studies conducted by major US and international medical schools and research facilities.

This convenient, short-listen book investigates the role the mind/brain plays in preparation for, enduring, and recovering from invasive surgery. It specifically explores how the conscious mind can help a patient endure the experience and quickly heal. This is the ninth book in this series. The Innovations in Mind/Body Therapies series is a collection of ten short-listen books that review latest thinking and research findings in Integrative Medicine, which is contrary to the bottom-up dogma that has been part of main-stream medicine for over a century.

Over the last four decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels, and the personal savings rate has sunk dangerously low. Why, in the richest nation on Earth, can't Americans hold on to their money? First published in 2008, Stuart Vyse's Going Broke described the epidemic of personal debt that existed in the years leading up to the Great Recession and anticipated the home mortgage crisis that started it. Ten years later, this fully updated new edition tackles the post-recession era of economic recovery.

Is your child anxious daily? Does your child’s anxiety leave them feeling isolated or even depressed? As a parent, witnessing our children overcome the hurdles our lives present us with is already a challenge. Having a child or teen with a possible anxiety disorder can be even more challenging, and that is where is audiobook can help.

Pain is how the body communicates disorders to our mind/brain. This audiobook reverses that concept and explores simple concepts that can help you manage pain so that your suffering does not take over your life. This is the seventh audiobook in this series. The Innovations in Mind/Body Therapies series is a collection of ten short-listen audiobooks that review latest thinking and research findings in integrative medicine, which is contrary to the bottom-up dogma that has been part of main-stream medicine for over a century.

The Art of Manipulation offers you a framework to master powerful and practical ways to influence and control people’s behavior, negotiate better, make your pitch, and manipulate others to get what you want. The Art of Manipulation will reshape the way you think about influencing people and getting what you want. You will get tools and effective strategies - not mere theories, but real practical strategies and how-to’s to start transforming your thinking and behavior, influencing people, and thus, get desired results faster.

Drawing on insights from across the social, behavioral, and natural sciences, Michelle Baddeley explores contexts in which behavior is driven by the herd. She analyzes the rational vs nonrational and cognitive vs emotional forces involved, and she investigates why herding only sometimes works out well. With new perspectives on followers, leaders, and the pros and cons of herd behavior, Baddeley shines vivid light on human behavior in the context of our ever-more-connected world.

Understanding NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is much more valuable when you have specific applications such as ways to improve your mind, your health, and your performance. This audiobook introduces you to several ways you can immediately apply the concepts and move toward lasting change.

This audiobook talks about a popular low-carb diet - the ketogenic diet - popular with people who feel low carb diets are effective. This is part of a three-book series that covers different diets. However, what's different about this book (and others) is the fact that I am presenting to you my research findings complete with the framework I built on the Ketogenic diet - essentially an objective review of the diet based upon authenticated scientific research.

These monitoring superheroes can spot a missing data point or an inconsistent study result faster than a speeding bullet! Even when it comes to dinner, a CRA will conduct a well-controlled, randomized trial! No more tangled noodles, only perfectly organized pasta strands!

Are you aware that there's a crucial vitamin for your cardiovascular health and bone development, but often overlooked in our diets? While most people are familiar with vitamin K1, which is important for blood clotting, few are aware of the crucial role that vitamin K2 plays in maintaining healthy bones and arteries. In fact, research has shown that vitamin K2 deficiency may contribute to osteoporosis, heart disease, and other health issues. If you're looking to optimize your health, it's important to understand the benefits of vitamin K2 and how you can incorporate it into your diet. This ...

This convenient, short-listen book explores how two-level immune system works and how the mind can communicate and influence its functioning. Specifically, this book addresses the general concept of balancing the immune system through external influences, such as a patient’s thought processes. It also delves into general health concepts as well as specific disorders, such as psychosomatic illnesses and cancer. This is the fifth book in this series.

In this final book in The Neurology of Suggestion Basic series, you will learn how to apply your knowledge to effectively use these concepts in your hypnosis or hypnotherapy practice. You will learn how to address healing the mind and body, as well as helping your client or patient improve their performance.

Peter Bandettini covers the essentials of fMRI, providing insight and perspective from his nearly three decades of research. He describes other brain imaging and assessment methods; the sources of fMRI contrasts; the basic methodology, from hardware to pulse sequences; brain activation experiment design strategies; and data and image processing. A unique, stand-alone chapter addresses major controversies in the field, outlining 26 challenges that have helped shape fMRI research.

The concepts in Neurology of Suggestion series are key to human transformation. These concepts start with traditional direct hypnosis methods and indirect suggestion hypnotherapy then incorporates recent findings in mind/body health, modern neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and a touch of Tibetan Buddhism. Our goal was to find a comprehensive transformation technology that is logical, science-based, but easy to master quickly.

Welcome to the numberdemic, where a deluge of figures, stats and data manipulate your every move. From the way you work, date and exercise to the products you buy and the news you read, numbers have worked their way into every part of our lives. But is life better this way? How are all of those numbers affecting us? With fascinating, sometimes frightening and sometimes shrewdly funny research, behavioural economists Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen explain why we're so attached to numbers and how we can free ourselves from their tyranny.

Levi Cohen's "Sleep IQ" is a manual that offers 300 smart suggestions to improve the quality of your slumber. The methods Cohen uses in "Sleep IQ" are both creative and useful. The audiobook is meant to provide listeners with rapid, doable advice; that they should be able to find a suggestion they can put to use right away. Because of its format, it's the perfect bedside companion for both daily listening and long-term reference.

As we explore together how psychology is researched while introducing what makes good research and problems psychological researchers can face, in an engaging conversational tone. By the end of this book, not only will you start to become an expert in how psychology is researched, but you will start your journey to understand human behavior and learn more about yourself as well.