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Journalist Erik Vance Discusses 'Suggestible You' in California

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November 19, 2016 | 7:00 PM EST
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Inside our heads is an ancient power. A tool of miracle-workers, charlatans, witch doctors...

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On Saturday, November 19, 2016,, Erik Vance, Pulitzer Center grantee and author of Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal, speaks at Copperfield's Books in Sebastopol, CA.

In his new book, published by National Geographic, Vance travels across the globe to explore the human power of suggestibility. From placebo effect, to hypnosis, to false memories, suggestibility is on display in every part of human experience.

Vance takes us from laboratories of the NIH to the streets of Beijing, the jungles of Mexico, and the suburban streets of Alameda, California, diving into the psychology behind suggestibility with each story.


Talk by Erik Vance, author of Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal
Saturday, November 19, 2016
7 pm
Copperfield's Books
138 N. Main Street
Sebastopol, CA 95472


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