- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Oneworld Publications (1 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1851685618
- ISBN-13: 978-1851685615
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 798,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Rita Carter, author of Mapping the Mind and Exploring Consciousness
"Jeff Warren has done a great job with The Head Trip. Writing about any aspect of consciousness is treacherously difficult, but his take on the subject is clear, original and -- amazingly -- funny!"
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"Jeff Warren has done a great job with The Head Trip. Writing about any aspect of consciousness is treacherously difficult, but his take on the subject is clear, original and -- amazingly -- funny!" Rita Carter, author of Mapping the Mind and Exploring Consciousness"The Head Trip is an amazing book. Jeff Warren manages to be funny while packing in tons of fascinating science. Rather than sticking to conventional boundaries, Warren follows his own formidable curiosity, producing a book that is quirky, refreshing and nothing short of groundbreaking." Tom Stafford, co-author of Mind Hacks"What makes Head Trip so exhilarating is that, rather than merely tell us about such weird states as the hypnotic trance or the meditative pure conscious event, Warren actually dives in and tries to experience these consciousness states for himself.""Ultimately, it's Warren's engaging first-hand experience that brings all this to life. As he undergoes hypnagogic experiments, SMR training, lucid dream classes in Hawaii or meditation in the Scottish Highlands, you're right there with him. You'll never look at waking, sleeping or dreaming the same way again." The Independent on Sunday
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Jeff Warren moves through the latest thinking on consciousness, mind, and sleep, with ease and zany wit and humour. Written from the perspective of a culture vulture trying to figure out what's going on inside his own head, he effortlessly synthesizes much of the latest thinking about the brain in fields as diverse as psychology, neuro-biology, immunology and others. Thomas Kuhn, Sigmund Freud, Steven Johnson, and many other great thinkers show up in this bold, adventurous journey through the mind.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent book! Jeff Warren has done a great job of exploring the range of mental states we experience every day, as well as some (such as hypnosis and meditation) not quite as familiar. Written in an engaging and absorbing way with humour scattered throughout, I highly recommend this to everyone interested in the exploration of the mind and states of consciousness. An entertaining and very interesting read.
Format:Paperback
Jeff Warren has enjoyed researching the material for this book, and the fun he's had along the way really comes through. He also lets you in on a whole series of footnote anecdotes that don't really fit with his subjects but that he obviously couldn't bear to leave out! I learned a huge amount about my own brain from this book, as well as about neuroscience in general. It's sent me on to books about neuroplasticity and books about consciousness - I feel like it's provided a jumping-off point for a lot of further enquiries.
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Head Trap
This book was heavy reading, I cannot see what the lay person or the academic can get out of it.
Published 14 months ago by Mr. A. Williams
Easy to understand but rather long winded
I must admit that although I found the topic of this book interesting I was glad when it was over. It was interesting enough, and pretty well written, in some parts it almost read... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Lucybird
A really good read, not just about dreams.
This book is both interesting and witty. The chapters on The Watch, and SMR were particularly interesting to me as id never heard of them, and they sounded so appealing. Read more
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Amusing read but.....!
Amusing but not to be taken too seriously. I'm sure a fortune has been made from sales of "Novadreamer" after highly exaggerated claims made for it here!!!
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by MrMojoRisin
A distillation of disciplines
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