Bibliograph

The brain that changes itself, stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science, Norman Doidge

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The brain that changes itself, stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science, Norman Doidge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-408) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The brain that changes itself

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

50397371189897

Responsibility statement

Norman Doidge

Sub title

stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science

Table Of Contents

A woman perpetually falling: rescued by the man who discovered the plasticity of our senses -- Building herself a better brain: a woman labeled "retarded" discovers how to heal herself -- Redesigning the brain: a scientist changes brains to sharpen perception and memory, increase speed of thought, and heal learning problems -- Acquiring tastes and loves: what neuroplasticity teaches about sexual attraction and love -- Midnight resurrections: stroke victims learn to move and speak again -- Brain lock unlocked: using plasticity to stop worries, obsessions, compulsions, and bad habits -- Pain: the dark side of plasticity -- Imagination: how thinking makes it so -- Turning our ghosts into ancestors: Psychoanalysis as a neuroplastic therapy -- Rejuvenation: the discovery of the neuronal stem cell and lessons for preserving our brains -- More than the sum of her parts: a woman shows us how radically plastic the brain can be -- The culturally modified brain -- Plasticity and the idea of progress

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