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The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Norman Doidge

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Dec 17, 2009 David Rubenstein rated it it was amazing

Shelves: biology, psychology, science

A truly fascinating, accessible book about the plasticity of the brain. Most interesting to me were the clever approaches that some psychologists invented, for solving or mediating various mental/physical problems. Although this book is not of the "self-help" variety, it contains a number of approaches that have been used for improving brain functioning. ...more

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Nov 03, 2022 Sharon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: medicine, nonfiction, favorites, science

This remarkable book is about brain plasticity, a complex subject told in language any reader can understand. There are so many ways in which a human brain can repair itself and ways in which it can learn to do things differently with help from knowledgeable people. The book shows us many case histories to illustrate what worked and why. Most of us probably know someone who could benefit from the information here. And the brain is capable of changing itself rapidly, which is all the more astonis ...more

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Feb 19, 2021 bup rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021, science, consciousness

Narrator: In this book, you will learn that rats discovered that they could release water by imagining to press a bar.

Imagining to.

Has it got your attention yet?

Summarizing the book in two sentences:
1. How plastic is the human brain?
2. Hella.

Thoroughly fascinating, from beginning to end. And optimistic. Uplifting. Riveting.

Keep learning, friends. It fights Alzheimer's. ...more

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