A collection of anecdotes about doctors and patients demonstrating that the human brain is capable of undergoing remarkable changes. An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuriesold notion that. For patients with brain injury, the revolution brings only good news, as dr. The brain s way of healing, in which he has discussed in detail regarding several recent research articles, interviewed hundreds of doctors and paramedical persons and patients, to understand how neuroplasticity works in different patients. He is on the research faculty at columbia universitys center for psychoanalytic training and research, in new york, and. Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science. Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by norman doidge at indigo. Doidges book joins a growing stack of works dealing with that most mysterious and essential of entities, the human brain. Research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst doidge columbia univ. There are 11 stories included in the book and include stories about stroke victims that learn to move and speak again and as well as using plasticity. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Without operations or medications, they have made use of the brains hitherto unknown ability to change. This program offers a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.
Norman doidge, md, is the author of the bestselling book, the brain that changes itself. The nature of things with david suzuki dynamicbrain. Psychoanalytic center calls this growing awareness of the brain s adaptability the neuroplastic revolution, and he profiles scientists whose work in neuroplasticity has changed peoples lives. Norman doidge s two books, the brain that changes itself more than a million copies sold and, just published, the brains way of healing which. Arguably the most important breakthrough in neuroscience since scientists first sketched out the brains basic anatomy, this revolutionary discovery, called neuroplasticity, promises to overthrow the centuriesold notion that the brain is fixed and unchanging. For four hundred years, the common perception was that the brain worked much like a computer, and its functionalities were set as firmly in place as any machine. Dr doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet. This book is about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations. The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take in the world around us. An informative and readable journey into the history, science and consequences of recent research in neuroplasticity the brain s incredible ability to change and reorganise itself by psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and researcher, norman doidge. The brains way of healing, in which he has discussed in detail regarding several recent research articles, interviewed hundreds of doctors and paramedical persons and patients, to understand how neuroplasticity works in different patients and how it can be utilized in treating dreadful. Oliver sacks, md, author of the man who mistook his wife for a hat. Aided by scientific advisers and readers, it produced a new list with the brain that changes itself at no. We see that through stories about scientists and doctors who help patients transform their neurological conditions.
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