By Norman Doidge, M.D.
Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, M.D. has written this immensely moving, inspiring book that will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential. It looks at the astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity – that the brain is not fixed and unchanging; it is, instead able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. We learn that our thoughts can switch our genes on and off, altering our brain anatomy. We learn how people of average intelligence can, with brain exercises, improve their cognition and perception, develop muscle strength, or learn to play a musical instrument – simply by imagining doing so. Using personal stories from the heart of the neuroplasticity revolution, Dr Doidge takes us into terrain that might seem fantastic, and into the world of the people whose lives have been transformed.
Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of BRAIN SCIENCE.
