Author: Doidge, Norman
Book Description:
A new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the old
notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychoanalyst
Doidge 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
stories to probe mysteries of the body, emotion, love, sex, culture, and
education, Dr. Doidge has written an inspiring bookthat will permanently
alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.--
From publisher description.
My Read:
I found the following is the most helpful after I finished the book:
"Thus physical exercise and learning work in complementary ways: the first to
make new stem cells, the second to prolong their survival."-page 252-253
Notes:
Constraint-induced therapy
Fast ForWord program
Feldenkrais Method
Dr. Michael Merzenich
Mirror therapy for "phantom limbs."
Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone
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