![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge provides hope for all of us: our brains are surprisingly plastic, and often the key to unlocking that plasticity is the right training.ĭoidge lays out his case for the brain’s ability to rewire itself in remarkable ways by combining in-depth descriptions of actual cases with a discussion of larger studies. In short, even under the best conditions, our brains were in decline for most of our lives brain injury, stroke, and similar conditions, would cause irreversible damage. We were told that we had all the brain cells we’d ever get by the time we were adolescents. Book Review: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidgeįor centuries, the human brain was considered largely immutable after childhood. ![]()
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