Doidge has written an immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential. Using these marvelous stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. The Brain That Changes Itself explains the properties of the brain that allow it to change through a phenomenon called neuroplasticity -and what that means to us as the owners.

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. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. 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. 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 moreĪn 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. We pay respects to all First Nations people of Australia, and. 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 transformedpeople whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. Readings acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we work.

Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable.

The brain that changes