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Stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science.
Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Brain at Changes Itself, which was chosen by the Dana Foundation from over thirty thousand titles as the best general book on the brain. It has sold over a million copies around the world. He was on the Research Faculty of the Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research at Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry in New York City, and on the faculty of the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry for thirty years. He lives in Toronto. For almost 25 years Jim Bond produced and hosted general interest and fine arts radio talk shows, primarily in the Midwest. Since 1985 Bond has maintained an active schedule as a director and narrator of radio and television commercials, corporate videos, and audiobooks, many of which have won awards, including an Audie Award.
'Mind-bending, miracle-making, reality-busting stuff with
implications for all human beings.'
*The New York Times*
'Lucid and absolutely fascinating ... engaging, educational and
riveting. It satisfies, in equal measure, the mind and the
heart.'
*Chicago Tribune*
'A fabulous synopsis of the current revolution in
neuroscience.'
*National Post*
'For years the doctrine of neuroscientists has been that the brain
is a machine: break a part and you lose that function permanently.
But more and more evidence is turning up to show that the brain can
rewire itself, even in the face of catastrophic trauma:
essentially, the functions of the brain can be strengthened just
like a weak muscle. Scientists have taught a woman with damaged
inner ears, who for five years had had "a sense of perpetual
falling," to regain her sense of balance with a sensor on her
tongue, and a stroke victim to recover the ability to walk although
97% of the nerves from the cerebral cortex to the spine were
destroyed. With detailed case studies reminiscent of Oliver Sacks,
combined with extensive interviews with lead researchers, Doidge, a
research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst at Columbia and the
University of Toronto, slowly turns everything we thought we knew
about the brain upside down.'
*Publishers Weekly*
'Using a combination of experimental results, disease studies, and
anecdotal information, the author explains how the human brain can
change. Every section advances Dr. Doidge's case for the existence
of what he terms "brain elasticity". He cites practical
applications for the treatment of autism, stroke, and memory loss.
Narrator Jim Bond easily handles the formidable scientific
vocabulary of anatomical and biochemical names like “hippocampus,”
“dopamine receptors,” and “localizationists.” He renders them into
a conversational manner that lightens the heavy load of ponderous
detail and psychoanalytical theory. His slow pace and measured
diction allow plenty of time for maximum comprehension and
absorption. Advanced scientific readers interested in physiological
psychology will especially benefit from this challenging
disquisition.'
*AudioFile Magazine*
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