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 enlarge | Author: Norman Doidge
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 313
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0143113100
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780143113102
ASIN: 0143113100
Publication Date: December 18, 2007
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 The Brain That Changes Itself August 2, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
02/Aug/2008
Now, this is marvellous book - relevant and interesting to me in my work as a professional Coach & Supervisor since 1985 ... It's a real must read :-) !
Claus B. Hansen
Practical uses for new research insights July 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Psychiatrist Norman Doidge describes some of the recent advances in neuroscience related to the subject of neuroplasticity. He discusses work by several researchers and clinicians such as A. V. Ramachandran, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, and others who have discovered some of the ways the brain re-wires itself, generates new connections, adapts to change, and establishes entrenched habits.
Sensitive people might wish to be informed that there are a few descriptions of physical and sexual violence.
Several topics of direct, practical use, include the following:
-- effective methods for brain rejuvenation
-- the use of visualization to improve actual performance
-- some ways to by-pass and re-wire the connections which are associated with entrenched habits
Fascinating and useful.
buy this book NOW, it saved my life July 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
You think not? I am a physician injured in Iraq and suffering from TBI-traumatic brain injury. I cannot practice medicine now, even though I can write and think, I cannot multi-task. So, The US Army tries outdated 'therapy' that is geared for perhaps a high school education and not applying nor helping my problems at all. Enter this book. The Posit Science website (among many listed in this book) has learning programs to rebuild deficits. So, I went, asked, and now will start this therapy as they donated the program to an Army psychologist here. So all those reviewers who think this is a commercial-infomercial book can kiss mine, as they are actively trying to HELP. Those professionals locked into the hard-wired brain theories had taken my hope away; this book has opened up my horizons to HEAL--as I always believed I WAS capable. The other reviews tell all about whats in it, so just BUY it and help someone you know who has all but given up improving their mental capacity or physical disability! This book is a GIFT to the world. PERIOD. Worth the cheap price tenfold.
YOU SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK! July 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the good reviews about this book with skepticism, but I still decided to buy this book, and I couldn't have made a better decision. If you have, or know anyone with any kind of head injury this book will provide inspiration, hope, and helpful suggestions for you. I already know alot about the brain from reading and talking to doctors, but i still learned alot of important information (that I wish I had known sooner) from this book. I have a traumatic brain injury from a car accident, and since I bought this book, I have been doing brain exercises because this book explained so well exactly how the brain functions and what I need to do to improve it. Ironically, even before I acquired a head injury, I have always been an avid reader of neurology, and let me tell you, this book is truly one of the most accurate, interesting, and groundbreaking books on neurology I have read. It has been a year since my car accident, and I am reaching the point where the modern view says I won't see much more improvement with my head injury, but thanks to this book, I know what exactly to do to continue to see more improvement... and I am seeing more improvement. This book has truly been a blessing for me.
cutting edge science July 9, 2008
a must read book for those interested in the latest knowledge of how the brain functions and the stories make it fun reading.
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