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Use your brain to get and keep the body you have always wanted. The brain that changes itself explains the properties of the brain that allow it to change through a phenomenon called neuroplasticity and what that means to us as the owners. Modification of brain circuits as a result of experience 557. Dec 07, 2017 norman doidge says that the brain that changes itself is a collection of stories of scientists, doctors and patients who discovered and proved that the brain does change itself, without the need of surgery or medication. Norman doidges inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and more. The brain that changes itself by norman doidge, 97801431102, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The brain that changes itself pdf summary norman doidge. 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 speak, children with. His thesis is that the brain can learn new ways of doing things, that it can make up for its own defects, whether they be induced by injury. Arguably the most important breakthrough in neuroscience since scientists first sketched out the brain s basic anatomy, this revolutionary discovery, called neuroplasticity, promises to overthrow the centuriesold notion that the brain is fixed and unchanging. Norman doidge, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst has done a great work in the field of neuroplasticity which means ability flexibility. The brain that changes itself by norman doidge waterstones. The brain that changes itself discusses the apparently controversial subject of neuroplasticity.
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