The Brain that Changes Itself

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  Awakening! Navigates through the astonishing stories of brain science, the discovery of brain's plasticity.

  Reminds me one important thing: Trust yourself, believe in your own possibilities, as the brain is flexible and dynamic

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  麥 said on Mar 19, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  In recent decades, scientists have overturned the "machine" model of the brain, in which every part of the brain has its function, in favour of a "plasticity" model. We know now that the brain has an incredible ability to rewire and change itself, whether to recover from a devastating injury causing ... (continue)

  In recent decades, scientists have overturned the "machine" model of the brain, in which every part of the brain has its function, in favour of a "plasticity" model. We know now that the brain has an incredible ability to rewire and change itself, whether to recover from a devastating injury causing damage to some part of the brain, or in the course of our every day lives.

  The Brain That Changes Itself is science writing at its best. The pages flow easily and the author speaks in simple, expressive language. Best of all, the ideas in the book are told through the stories of real people.

  Retain your brainpower as you age. Learn about how psychotherapy can cause physical changes in your brain. Be amazed as people recover from terrible injuries and the congenitally blind are made to "see"!

  I left this book with a very optimistic and positive outlook on the control we can exercise over our brains.

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  audioreader said on Jul 11, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Good overview for beginner in neuroplasticity. The author is a good story-teller, but not a strict scientist, probably because he is a psychologist, not a neuro-scientist. His chaper on psychoanalysis's (possible) effect on the client's brain wiring thus plasticity is totally a wild guess, without A ... (continue)

  Good overview for beginner in neuroplasticity. The author is a good story-teller, but not a strict scientist, probably because he is a psychologist, not a neuro-scientist. His chaper on psychoanalysis's (possible) effect on the client's brain wiring thus plasticity is totally a wild guess, without ANY evidence. I don't really like to see such a chapter to be mixed with other proven solid finidings of neuroscience.

  But the stories are uplifting. Like the woman who learn to get back her sense of balance after her doctor destroyed her chlorea by too much cheap anti-biotics, the story about Barbara Arrowsmith on how she educated her own mind on overcoming learning disabilities, and how the stroke patient recover!

  For serious readers on neuroplasticity, I would recommend "The Mind and The Brain".

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  Samsara said on Jan 31, 2010 | Add your feedback

• This is a very interesting book about the plasticity of the brain. Some of the chapters delve into topics that are a turn-off. Overall though, fascinating stuff.

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  Carobookie said on Sep 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Studies on the brain used to try to pinpoint particular functions to specific brain locations. More recent studies show how the brain is more flexible than this.

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  Tessellar said on Sep 20, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 427 Pages
• Edition: 1
• ISBN-10: 014103887X
• ISBN-13: 9780141038872
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書

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