The Brain That Changes Itself
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Doidge, Norman
Publisher: Viking, New York, USA
Year Published: 2007
Pages: 428pp Price: $31.00 ISBN: 978-0-670-03830-5
Library of Congress Number: QP363.3.D65 2007 Dewey: 612.8--dc22
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6936
Doidge explains neuroplasticity and shows that the brain is not a collection of specialized parts but a dynamic organ and can rewire and rearrange itself as the need arises.
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Table of Contents
Note to the Reader
Preface
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 Us 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 Neural 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
Appendix 1
The Culturally Modified Brain
Appendix 2
Plasticity and the Idea of Progress
Acknowledgements
Notes and References
Index
Subject Headings
