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001			71189897
003			OCoLC
005			20190501183646.0
007			ta
008			160219s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2006049224
020			_a067003830X
020			_a9780670038305
020			_a9780143113102 (pbk.)
050	0	0	_aQP363.3 _b.D65 2007
082	0	0	_a612.8 _222
100	1		_aDoidge, Norman.
245	1	4	_aThe brain that changes itself : _bstories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science / _cNorman Doidge.
260			_aNew York : _bViking, _c2007.
300			_axvi, 427 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-408) and index.
505	0		_aA woman perpetually falling : rescued by the man who discovered the plasticity of our senses -- Building herself a better brain : a woman labeled "retarded" discovers how to heal herself -- Redesigning the brain : a scientist changes brains to sharpen perception and memory, increase speed of thought, and heal learning problems -- Acquiring tastes and loves : what neuroplasticity teaches about sexual attraction and love -- Midnight resurrections : stroke victims learn to move and speak again -- Brain lock unlocked : using plasticity to stop worries, obsessions, compulsions, and bad habits -- Pain : the dark side of plasticity -- Imagination : how thinking makes it so -- Turning our ghosts into ancestors : psychoanalysis as a neuroplastic therapy -- Rejuvenation : the discovery of the neuronal stem cell and lessons for preserving our brains -- More than the sum of her parts : a woman shows us how radically plastic the brain can be -- The culturally modified brain -- Plasticity and the idea of progress.
520			_aAn astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant 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, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learning to speak, children with cerebral palsy learning to move with more grace, depression and anxiety disorders successfully treated, and lifelong character traits changed. Using these marvelous stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and education, Dr. Doidge has written an immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.
650		0	_aNeuroplasticity.
650		0	_aNeural circuitry.
650		0	_aNeural networks (Neurobiology)
650		0	_aBrain damage _xPatients _xRehabilitation.
650		0	_aAdaptation (Physiology)
650		0	_aNeurophysiology.
650		0	_aNeurobiology.
650	1	2	_aNeuronal Plasticity _vCase Reports.
650	2	2	_aBrain Damage, Chronic _xrehabilitation _vCase Reports.
650	2	2	_aMental Disorders _xrehabilitation _vCase Reports.
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