Easily influenced: Why and how the human mind is built to be suggestible

• December 20, 2024
• Radio
• Duration 16:45

As a teenager, Amir Raz began to perform as an amateur magician and mentalist, and learned the power of stage hypnosis. It ultimately led him to a career as a neuroscientist studying the science of psychological suggestibility, and how powerful the power of suggestion can be. He explores this science in his new book The Suggestible Brain: The Science and Magic of How We Make Up Our Minds. Dr Raz taught and practiced for many years at McGill University and is the Founding Director of the Brain Institute at Chapman University in Orange, California. Dan Falk reviews Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó