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The Brain's Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries

by Norman Doidge
The Brain's Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries
The Brain's Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries

Neuroplasticity's transformative power through real-life stories.

If you're intrigued by the brain's capacity to heal itself, "The Brain's Way of Healing" is a revelation. Norman Doidge guides you on a journey through the marvels of neuroplasticity, framed within gripping narratives of recovery that challenge the boundaries of traditional medicine. It's a read that marries hope with science, perfect for anyone fascinated by the resilience of the human body and mind.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Brain's Way of Healing: Stories of Remarkable Recoveries and Discoveries

by Norman Doidge
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ISBN: 9780141980805
Authors: Norman Doidge
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, Personal Development
Related Topics: Biology, Medicine, Medical, Health, Neuroscience, Psychology, Psychology, Personal Development
Goodreads rating: 4.2
(rated by 5284 readers)

Description

This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid for our brain’s complexity was that, compared to other organs, it was fixed and unregenerative — unable to recover from damage or illness. In his revolutionary new book, Norman Doidge turns this belief on its head. The phenomenon of neuroplasticity — the discovery that the brain can change its own structure and function in response to mental experience — is the most important development in our understanding of the brain and mind since the beginning of modern science. Here, Doidge shows how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. When it is understood, it is often possible to radically improve — and even cure — many conditions thought to be irreversible. Doidge introduces us to the doctors, therapists, and patients who are healing the brain without surgery or medication. We meet patients who have alleviated years of chronic pain; children on the autistic spectrum, or with ADD or learning disorders, who have used neuroplastic techniques to complete a normal education and become independent; and sufferers who have seen symptoms of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, brain injuries, and cerebral palsy radically diminish; and we learn how to lower our risk of dementia by 60 per cent. Through hopeful, astonishing stories, The Brain’s Way of Healing explains how
 

Neuroplasticity's transformative power through real-life stories.

If you're intrigued by the brain's capacity to heal itself, "The Brain's Way of Healing" is a revelation. Norman Doidge guides you on a journey through the marvels of neuroplasticity, framed within gripping narratives of recovery that challenge the boundaries of traditional medicine. It's a read that marries hope with science, perfect for anyone fascinated by the resilience of the human body and mind.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.