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Author : Norman Doidge
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Summary : What is neuroplasticity? Is it possible to change your brain? Norman Doidge’s inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and more An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable, and proving that it is, in fact, possible to change your brain. Psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity, its healing powers, and the people whose lives they’ve transformed—people whose mental limitations, brain damage or brain trauma 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 marvelous stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential. The Brain That Changes Itself has now sold over a million copies. It’s been chosen by the Dana Brain Foundation’s Journal Cerebrum, from among the 30,000 books on the brain in English, as the best general book on the brain, and is available in over a hundred countries and over 20 languages. CONTENTS Chapter 1. A Woman Perpetually Falling... Rescued by the Man Who Discovered the Plasticity of Our Senses Chapter 2. Building Herself a Better Brain A Woman Labeled "Retarded" Discovers How to Heal Herself Chapter 3. Redesigning the Brain A Scientist Changes Brains to Sharpen Perception and Memory. Increase Speed of Thought, and Heal Learning Problems Chapter 4. Acquiring Tastes and Loves What Neuroplasticitv Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love Chapter 5. Midnight Resurrections Stroke Victims Learn to Move and Speak Again Chapter 6. Brain Lock Unlocked Using Plasticity to Stop Worries. Obsessions. Compulsions, and Bad Habits Chapter 7. Pain The Dark Side of Plasticity Chapter 8. Imagination How Thinking Makes It So Chapter 9. Turning Our Ghosts into Ancestors Psychoanalysis as a Neuroplastic Therapy Chapter 10. Rejuvenation The Discovery of the Neuronal Stem Cell and Lessons for Preserving Our Brains Chapter 11. More than the Sum of Her Parts A Woman Shows Us How Radically Plastic the Brain Can Be Appendix 1. The Culturally Modified Brain Not Only Does the Brain Shape Culture, Culture Shapes the Brain Appendix 2. Plasticity and the Idea of Progress