The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

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"Fascinating. Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain."--Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

What is neuroplasticity? Is it possible to change your brain? Norman Doidge's inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and more

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E Clou
May 10, 2023
6/10 stars
Most of it was interesting. There seemed to be a blurring of neurological, physical, and psychological issues in a way that I couldn't fully parse to decide if it is was appropriate to the discussion of neuroplasticity or not. Doidge is a psychiatrist, so I guess I can just take his word for it, but that's not how I usually approach my reading. Perhaps he oversimplified the concept of what is and isn't neuroplasticity.

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