Includes index
Introduction -- Your brain exploded -- Feed your brain -- Drinking water -- How to beat a lie detector test -- Do impossible sums in your head -- Memorize a deck of cards -- How to tell if someone is lying -- How to bring on an out-of-the-body experience -- Eye to eye -- How to develop extrasensory perception -- Think yourself healthy -- Permission to succeed -- How to win a game of chess in two moves -- Read body language -- Cognitive interviewing -- How to develop mental toughness -- Play the percentages -- Ponzi schemes exposed -- Anger management -- How to get lucky -- Optical illusions -- The power of synchronicity -- Speed reading -- Resetting your body clock -- The principles of fire walking -- Plunging fingers in molten lead -- Cutlery bending -- How to negotiate -- Think like a millionaire -- How hypnosis works -- Creative risk taking -- Brain gym -- Increase your sex appeal -- How to read an aura -- Balancing your chakras -- Remembering names -- Memorize the telephone directory -- Mind control techniques -- Listening skills -- Think like a genius -- The Mozart effect -- How to win at Jeopardy -- Brainstorming using random association -- Super strength -- How to be assertive -- Study skills -- How to have lucid dreams -- Acupressure -- Power browsing -- Stress-reducing tips
Original concept and written by Michael Powell ; executive editor, James Tavendale ; edited by Katherine Robinson and Ewan Carpenter ; illustration by Allen Boe and AnnDrea Boe ; photography by AnnDrea Boe ; designed by Allen Boe
The human brain is an incredibly powerful organ. Its abilities are still only vaguely understood--and few people have come close to tapping even the tiniest fraction of its full potential. Yet with that fraction they have accomplished incredible deeds. This fascinating book reveals the secrets of those masters of the mind. With step-by-step instructions for performing 50 mental feats ranging from the merely impressive (deceive a lie detector, decipher body language, win a game of chess) to the stunning (master pain, think like a genius, hypnotize yourself and others), the miraculous (bend spoons, read minds, cure illness), and the scarcely believable (travel outside your body, foretell the future, walk on fire), Mind Games is a complete practical guide to exploring--and building--your own mental powers. Some of the activities in these pages have firm foundations in science; others, based on the accounts of those who claim to have accomplished them, require a certain leap of faith. Only you can judge what is truly possible as you exercise your brain, harness its enormous power, and train it to perform truly amazing acts of will!
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by Michael Powell

Published exclusively for Metro Books, by Gusto Company

Barnes & Noble, Incorporated

Union Square & Co.

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc., [N.p.], 2011

United States, United States of America

New York, New York, 2011

La Vergne, 2011

S.l, 2011

Includes index.
Original concept and written by Michael Powell ; executive editor, James Tavendale ; edited by Katherine Robinson and Ewan Carpenter ; illustration by Allen Boe and AnnDrea Boe ; photography by AnnDrea Boe ; designed by Allen Boe.
Print version record.

"The human brain is an incredibly powerful organ. Its abilities are still only vaguely understood--and few people have come close to tapping even the tiniest fraction of its full potential. Yet with that fraction they have accomplished incredible deeds. This fascinating book reveals the secrets of those masters of the mind. With step-by-step instructions for performing 50 mental feats ranging from the merely impressive (deceive a lie detector, decipher body language, win a game of chess) to the stunning (master pain, think like a genius, hypnotize yourself and others), the miraculous (bend spoons, read minds, cure illness), and the scarcely believable (travel outside your body, foretell the future, walk on fire), Mind Games is a complete practical guide to exploring--and building--your own mental powers. Some of the activities in these pages have firm foundations in science; others, based on the accounts of those who claim to have accomplished them, require a certain leap of faith. Only you can judge what is truly possible as you exercise your brain, harness its enormous power, and train it to perform truly amazing acts of will!"--Page [3-4] of cover

Fifty ways to unlock the mysterious potential in your brain through tricks, applied science, and relearning the way you think.
This fascinating book reveals the secrets of the most powerful organ in the body—the mind. From deceiving a lie detector test, winning a challenging game of chess, mastering pain, walking on fire, and foretelling the future, Mind Games provides step-by-step instructions for performing fifty mental feats ranging from the merely impressive to the scarcely believable. Only you can judge what is truly possible as you harness your own enormous power and tap into your brain's full potential to perform tasks you never imagined you could. Mind Games is a complete practical guide to exploring and building your own mental powers.

This fascinating book reveals the secrets of the most powerful organ in the body--the mind. From deceiving a lie detector test, winning a challenging game of chess, mastering pain, walking on fire, and foretelling the future, Mind Games provides step-by-step instructions for performing 50 mental feats ranging from the merely impressive to the scarcely believable. Only you can judge what is truly possible as you harness your own enormous power and tap into your brain's full potential to perform tasks you never imagined you could. Mind Games is a complete practical guide to exploring and building your own mental powers

2023-06-28