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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books) | |||||||
 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Viking Adult Catalog: Book Release date: 2007-03-15 Media: Hardcover Format: Bargain Price Number of pages: 448  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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| An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., 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 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. |
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 Written on December 20, 2008 Summary: A great book How in the world could we have been so wrong about the brain for so long? Written on December 14, 2008 Summary: Intersting, thought-provoking and hopeful This is a wonderful book - easy to read and extremely well researched. It gave me tremendous hope for a brain injured person in my family. I would read it when I felt depressed and would get an instant booster shot of hope. Highly, highly recommended! Written on December 12, 2008 Summary: The Brain That Changes Itself This book presents fascinating experiments on brain plasticity. It establishes a base for future uses of this characteristic as well as the known and experimetally sound uses. It shows the long-held theory of rigid localization of functions on the brain cortex is not the whole story. The content of this book is well worth the time and concentration required for reading. Written on November 24, 2008 Summary: plasticity I was very impressed with the many different examples of plasticity. I've been looking for this for along time. Written on November 19, 2008 Summary: Remarkable insight on the human brain from the frontiers of science This has to be one of the most fascinated works I've come across in a while. The main premise of the book is the extraordinary plasticity of the human brain. The author makes a compelling argument, supported by endless and very valuable examples, studies and facts to support this theory. Some of the most exciting topics explore how the brain develops and learns, effects of certain disorders (i.e. obsessive-compulsive disorder), addictions and strokes on its function and current treatments that reverse these effects. The author gives several recommendations for programs that can help young and aging brains stay alert and agile by following the latest research and applied scientific discoveries. The final parts of the book discuss how vision and culture's profound implications on the brain's neuroplasticity. I highly recommended this book for all readers who may be remotely curious about the human physiology. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2007-03-15 | 2007-11-20 | 2003-10-14 | 2008-05-14 | 1999-12-31 |
| Media | Hardcover | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Format | Bargain Price | - | - | - | - |
| Number of pages | 448 | 304 | 432 | 192 | 352 |
| Ean | - | 9780345479891 | 9780060988470 | 9780670020744 | 9780812929980 |
| Book Isbn | - | 0345479890 | 0060988479 | 0670020745 | 0812929985 |
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