![]() ![]() ![]() In the third chapter author writes about astounding work of Michael Merzenich, professor emeritus neuroscientist at University of California, San Francisco, whose contribution to the field of neuroplasticity are numerous. The main theme of the second chapter is Barbara Arrowsmith Young who was born with asymmetrical brain that combines brilliance with retardation, but developed exercises for improving brain. In the first chapter focus is on the work of Paul Bach-y-Rita, American neuroscientist, who studied neuroplasticity and implemented these findings into treating stroke victims, patients with balance disorders, and blind people. Also, in every chapter in spotlight is one of the researchers that are investigating some brain ability. “The brain that changes itself” is as the name suggests the book about our most important organ-brain and its remarkable ability to change in many different ways, ability that is called neuroplasticity.Įvery chapter of this book deals with some of the ways brain alter its usual way of processing as response to some problem. He won a lot of prestigious scientific and book awards. Author of this book, Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist and poet living in Toronto, Canada. This is the breath-taking book that everyone needs to read. Original Title: The Brain That Changes Itself Author: Norman Doidge Published: 2007 Buy at: ![]()
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