| Description |
xvi, 427 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-408) and index. |
| Contents |
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 us 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. |
| Subject |
Neuroplasticity.
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Neuroplasticity. |
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Brain damage -- Patients -- Rehabilitation. |
| ISBN |
067003830X |
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9780670038305 |
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9780143113102 Penguin Books |
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0143113100 Penguin Books |
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