![]() ![]() My concern with statistically valid results started when he was talking about internet pornography changing the structure of people’s brains to such an extent that they were existing on 2 – 3 hours sleep a night. But then he quoted an Indian doctor about the importance of individual case studies and I could see what he was doing. So much so that I was going to stop reading it and move onto something else a few times. And, potentially, I saw statistical aberrations everywhere in this book. This has made me hypersensitive to any possibility that I might be getting fooled by any statistical aberrations. I’ve also just finished Fooled By Randomness. However, in the end my response to this book has been much less black-and-white than I thought it would be. I am very fond of ‘brain’ books and prefer to believe that the mind is ‘plastic’ – that it can change itself or re-wire itself. This has made me hypersensitive to any When I saw this book initially I thought that I would have nothing but unequivocally good things to say about it. When I saw this book initially I thought that I would have nothing but unequivocally good things to say about it. ![]() “Readers will want to read entire sections aloud and pass the book on to someone who can benefit from it….Links scientific experimentation with personal triumph in a way that inspires awe.” - The Washington Post. Introducing principles we can all use as well as a riveting collection of case histories-stroke patients cured, a woman with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, learning and emotional disorders overcome, IQs raised, and aging brains rejuvenated- The Brain That Changes Itself has “implications for all human beings, not to mention human culture, human learning and human history” ( The New York Times). In this revolutionary look at the brain, bestselling author, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., introduces both the brilliant scientists championing this new science of neuroplasticity and the astonishing progress of the people whose lives they’ve transformed. The discovery that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains-even into old age-is the most important breakthrough in neuroscience in four centuries. Doidge’s book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.” -Oliver Sacks In this revolutionary look at the brain, bestselling author, psychiatrist, a “Fascinating. Doidge’s book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.” -Oliver Sacks The discovery that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains-even into old age-is the most important breakthrough in neuroscience in four centuries. ![]()
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