Kevin Dutton
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A respected psychologist presents an anecdotal analysis of the role of coercion in modern culture while introducing the tactics of leading persuasion experts, from magicians and religious leaders to advertisers and con men.
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An analysis of what can be learned from psychopaths incorporates advances in brain scanning and neuroscience to illustrate the scale of mental health that impacts everyone, the role of functional psychopathic behaviors in success, and the misunderstandings that impact treatments.
