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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
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Book at a glance
- Area
- Neuroscience & Brain Function
- Written for
- General readers
- Authors
- Doidge N
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9780143113102
What's inside
- What neuroplasticity is, and how scientists came to accept it
- Recovery after stroke and brain injury through intensive practice
- Learning difficulties, and training the brain functions behind them
- Pain, habits and the brain's capacity to rewire in both directions
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Psychiatrist Norman Doidge tells the story of neuroplasticity: the discovery that the adult brain keeps changing its own structure and function through experience and practice. Each chapter follows the scientists, clinicians and patients behind one advance, from a woman who regained her sense of balance to stroke survivors relearning movement and children overcoming learning difficulties through targeted exercises.
A readable, story-led introduction for anyone curious why brain training can work at all, and a good book to hand clients who ask how neurofeedback could change anything.