The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
The Brain That Changes Itself: Tales of Private Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science Books
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An surprising new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-ancient notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the people to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they’ve transformed—people whose mental limitations or brain hurt were seen as unalterable. 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 converse in, children with intellectual palsy learning to go with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifetime character traits changed. Using these marvelous tales to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, like, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an immensely tender, inspiring book that will everlastingly alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.
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If you reckon that you’re getting another “Train Your Mind, Exchange Your Brain” type book, reckon again: you will NOT. Some parts of the book were rather hopeful, but there are parts of this book that should be RATED X. There is some rather graphic, down-aptly vulgar in rank contained in this book. Instead of showing the excellent of people, these parts showed the dark side of humanity, the depravity of how far into “evil” someone may possibly go. I do not urge this book if you are a highly visual person. You’ve heard the saying “despise well;” in fact, I do despise this book rather well. The book is going back to the library rather quickly.
Rating: 1 / 5
Received the book in a timely manner and in perfect shape up. Unfortunately, I have not had time to read this book.
Probably shouldn’t be reviewing but I want the thought out of my email!!!
Rating: 3 / 5
I am still coming up for this item. I know it has only been a month and the stated time for delivery can be up to 6 weeks ( on contacting the company I did get a quick respose saying it may possibly even be 8 to 12 weeks due to custom delays), but I have been spoiled by all my previous orders through Amazon.com where there has been very prompt delivery. If the book is not in stock or if there are any other expected delays it would be an thought for the company to advise the customer, not have the customer chase the item. Dianne
Rating: 1 / 5
The top is simple: mental processing is bendable, at any age. In other words, as the author puts it, the brain has plasticity, not rigidly mapped, as many scientists wrongly believed for a long time, and many likely still do. If you’re interested in reading about how stupid scientists, one in particular, repeatedly tortured and mutilated animals to learn what may possibly have been simply experimental, this is the book for you. Worth a magazine article, but makes for a very repetitious book. If anything, demonstrates how scientists are generally belief-driven imbeciles like everyone else.
Rating: 2 / 5
Doidge is pleased to take individual case studies on humans as being definitive proof of therapeutic efficacy, even as celebrating the view that you need to cut up a lot of monkeys to really know what happens.
Rating: 1 / 5