The brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science
Doidge, Norman2008
Books, Manuscripts
Meet the scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives they've transformed - people whose mental limitations or brain damage were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole...
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Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne Scribe 2008
Collation:
423 p.
Contents:
1. A woman perpetually falling ... : rescued by the man who discovered the plasticity of our senses -- 2. Building herself a better brain: a woman labeled retarded discovers how to heal herself -- 3. Redesigning the brain: a scientist changes brains to sharpen perception and memory, increase speed of thought, and heal learning problems -- 4. Acquiring tastes and loves: what neuroplasticity teaches us about sexual attraction and love -- 5. Midnight resurrections: stroke victims learn to move and speak again -- 6. Brain lock unlocked: using plasticity to stop worries, obsessions, compulsions, and bad habits -- 7. Pain: the dark side of plasticity -- 8. Imagination: how thinking makes it so -- 9. Turning our ghosts into ancestors: psychoanalysis as a neuroplastic therapy -- 10. Rejuvenation: the discovery of the neuronal stem cell and lessons for preserving our brains -- 11. More than the sum of her parts: a woman shows us how radically plastic the brain can be -- Appendix 1. The culturally modified brain -- Appendix 2. Plasticity and the idea of progress
ISBN:
9781921215827 (pbk)
Dewey class:
612.8222 BRA
Local class:
612.8222
Language:
English
BRN:
131546
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 612.8222 BRA | Available |