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The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learning to speak, children with cerebral palsy learning to move with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifelong character traits changed. Using these stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.--From publisher description.
MedicalNeurologyNeurosciencePsychologyNeuropsychology
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH427
LANGUAGEEN
About the Author - cited from Penguin Group edition of 'The Brain That Changes Itself' 2008 (9) & cited from the author's website 'About the Author'. Norman Doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and researcher on the faculty at the Columbia University Centre for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York and the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry, as well as an author, essayist and poet. He is a four-time recipient of Canada's National Magazine Gold Award. He is a native of Toronto.
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The Brain That Changes Itself Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst Doidge traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learning to speak, children with cerebral palsy learning to move with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifelong character traits changed. Using these stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.--From publisher description.
MedicalNeurologyNeurosciencePsychologyNeuropsychology
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH427
LANGUAGEEN
About the Author - cited from Penguin Group edition of 'The Brain That Changes Itself' 2008 (9) & cited from the author's website 'About the Author'. Norman Doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and researcher on the faculty at the Columbia University Centre for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York and the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry, as well as an author, essayist and poet. He is a four-time recipient of Canada's National Magazine Gold Award. He is a native of Toronto.
