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This is an excellent book. I learned how people with severe conditions can sometimes overcome the debilitating effects of stroke, OCD, and so on.
Toward the end of the book, the author describes how quantum mechanics may be a key component to volition and free will. But, I am not completely convinced of the connection with quantum mechanics. I understand how the act of observation of an atom can resolve its (previously probabilistic) state. And the analogy between "observation" and "attention" is ...more
Toward the end of the book, the author describes how quantum mechanics may be a key component to volition and free will. But, I am not completely convinced of the connection with quantum mechanics. I understand how the act of observation of an atom can resolve its (previously probabilistic) state. And the analogy between "observation" and "attention" is ...more
The author develops a 4 part mental therapy to help individuals with Obsessive Compulsive disorder resist their obsessive and compulsive behaviors. His therapy involves being attentive to what you are feeling and then refocusing your behavior on a productive tasks. He believes that one can change the pathways in the brain that facilitate this behavior.
He describes different studies where human and animals have changed behaviors thus demonstrating the neuroplasticity of the brain. This book offe ...more
He describes different studies where human and animals have changed behaviors thus demonstrating the neuroplasticity of the brain. This book offe ...more
Some interesting stuff about neuro science, but author tries over-hard to convince that quantum mechanics explains how the brain can change its own wiring. OK. Just seemed kind of one-sided.
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