The brain that changes itself stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science
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- ISBN: 9781429528771 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 142952877X (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9781429528801 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
- ISBN: 142952880X (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
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xvi, 427 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : Viking, 2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-408) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A woman perpetually falling : rescued by the man who discovered the plasticity of our senses -- Building herself a better brain : a woman labeled "retarded" discovers how to heal herself -- Redesigning the brain : a scientist changes brains to sharpen perception and memory, increase speed of thought, and heal learning problems -- Acquiring tastes and loves : what neuroplasticity teaches about sexual attraction and love -- Midnight resurrections : stroke victims learn to move and speak again -- Brain lock unlocked : using plasticity to stop worries, obsessions, compulsions, and bad habits -- Pain : the dark side of plasticity -- Imagination : how thinking makes it so -- Turning our ghosts into ancestors : psychoanalysis as a neuroplastic therapy -- Rejuvenation : the discovery of the neuronal stem cell and lessons for preserving our brains -- More than the sum of her parts : a woman shows us how radically plastic the brain can be -- The culturally modified brain -- Plasticity and the idea of progress. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin Group USA, Inc., 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1865 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 457 KB). |
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