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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)
by Norman Doidge
from Penguin (Non-Classics)

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Fearless
  I was concerned about an effective older age, I found reassurance in this book and techniques to assist. Beside my selfish motives I continue to wonder about the abilities of some to dedicate thier lives to helping others, the discoveries they make and the hurdles people climb.

• The Brain That Changes Itself
  Received the book in a timely manner and in perfect condition. Unfortunately, I have not had time to read this book.
  Probably shouldn't be reviewing but I want the message out of my email!!!

• Accessible Science
  Dr Doigdge does an amazing job of teaching difficult scientific concepts in a manner that made me want to keep reading because I was understanding it. Who would have thought that a nonfiction book about brain plasticity would become a page turner? I hope he writes another book about the brain. As he points out, we are discovering so much about it and at a fast pace.

• The book that changes the brain that reads it
  This book looks like a solid sort of semi academic-y pot-boiler but in fact it is a hugely engaging, eye-popping even,take on how wrong the long held belief of 'localizationism' was (the view that the brain is made up mostly of hard-wired areas fit for only one purpose) for example, claims like, the auditory cortex is only for hearing, the visual cortex is only for seeing and such like.
  it turns out that the brain is highly plastic (able to rewire itself over time) given the appropriate stimulus, and... more info

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