Derren Brown

Do you ever make mistakes? Do you ever lose your temper and then immediately regret it? Are you impulsive? Do you make great plans which you fail to act on? Do you ever behave irrationally? Don’t worry, it’s not your fault....

Ever been embarrassed to forget someone’s name? Mislaid your keys or flummoxed as to why you’ve gone upstairs? In this Audible Original Podcast Derren Brown and a whole bevvy of experts unravel the mysteries of memory to help you better understand how it functions.

Here Derrren guides you through a coin and a card trick, revealing how you can instantly transform a simple trick into a complex illusion. Learn how you can baffle those around you with mind-blowing magic....

In this thoughtful and brilliant new book, the internationally best-selling author of Happy considers the value of friction in our lives....

Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness. They have defined it in many different ways and come up with myriad strategies for living the good life....

Life is hard, messy and complex; our friends will probably let us down; most of what has got us here is blind luck and a series of false starts....

In Confessions of a Conjuror, Derren Brown invites you on a whimsical journey through his unusual mind....

Our confidence in our ability to multitask is largely misplaced. Our brain is really only capable of efficiently doing one thing at a time....

To err is human...but so is our need to deny we have erred. How 'cognitive dissonance' prevents us from admitting errors and learning from our mistakes - leading to medical disasters, miscarriages of justice, warping love and causing life-long feuds....

Looking at how understanding both the strengths and weaknesses of our brain can help us avoid many of the mistakes we make in life....

Learn the key techniques behind successful hypnotism, including the preparation of your subject, inducing a trance and awakening your subject.

Your brain miscalculates odds and underestimates risk, unless you are the owner of a gambling casino of course....

Our brain defaults to thinking in stereotypes which can result in prejudiced words, thoughts and deeds....

Our brain is a machine for jumping to conclusions. Derren reveals how the Halo Effect, Anchoring and Confirmation Bias distort our ability to judge one another – when interviewing someone for a job for example....

We enter the Magic Lab, where science and magic meets. We explore how the brain is prey to a whole range of cognitive defaults and errors which impair our ability to make choices which are in our best interests....

In this series of Boot Camp, Derren Brown is joined by top behavioural scientists and diverse experts to reveal how we can control the powerful and mysterious forces which often hijack our rational thinking and lead us seriously astray....

The cognitive story behind a simple act of aggression. How our brain is essentially stuck in the Stone Age, struggling to deal with the complexity and pressures of modern life....

Learn how Derren astounds fans with his incredible memory. He teaches you some simple, fun systems to improve your memory, transform aspects of your life and wow an audience with your amazing powers of recollection.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Mintea omenească se poate lăsa păcălită de aparențe în situațiile cele mai banale. Nu este grav: trebuie doar să înveți să faci...