Norman Doidge, M.D., is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and New York Times bestselling author. He is on the Research Faculty at Columbia University's Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, in New York, and on the faculty at the University of Toronto's Department of Psychiatry. He and his work have been profiled and cited in, among others, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Scientific American Mind, Melbourne Age, The Guardian, The Harvard Review of Psychiatry, Psychology Today, O The Oprah Magazine, and the National Review.
"The power of positive thinking finally gains scientific
credibility. Mind-bending, miracle-making, reality-busting
stuff...with implications for all human beings, not to mention
human culture, human learning and human history."
-The New York Times
"Brilliant...Doidge has identified a tidal shift in basic
science...The implications are monumental."
-The London Times
"Fascinating. Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of
the endless adaptability of the human brain."
-Oliver Sacks, MD
"Lucid and absolutely fascinating. It satisfies in equal measure
the mind and heart."
-The Chicago Tribune
"An utterly wonderful book-without question one of the most
important books about the brain you will ever read; yet it is
beautifully written, immensely approachable, and full of humanity.
Its message is one of hope: it is not just our brains that shape
our thinking, but our thinking that, very definitely, shapes our
brains."
-Iain McGilchrist MA (Oxon), BM, FRCPsych, FRSA author of The
Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the
Western World
"Two years ago, when the journal Cerebrum at the Dana Foundation in
the US updated its list of great books about the brain for the
general reader, it found there were already 30,000 brain-related
books in English. Aided by scientific advisers and readers, it
produced a new list - with The Brain That Changes Itself at No.
1."
-The Melbourne Age
"Doidge turns everything we thought we knew about the brain upside
down."
-Publisher's Weekly
"Brilliant...This book is a wonderful and engaging way or
re-imagining what kind of creatures we are."
-Jeanette Winterson, novelist, Order of the British Empire,
Guardian, Best Book of 2008
"Superb. Brilliant. I devoured it."
-V.S. Ramachandran, MD, PHD, Director of the Center for Brain and
Cognition, Univeristy of California, San Diego, Author of
Phantoms of the Brain
"Doidge... is a master ... at explaining science to the rest of us.
Doidge is the best possible guide. You don't have to be a brain
surgeon to read it, just curious about your brain. Buy this book.
Your brain will thank you."
-The Globe and Mail
"Readers will want to read entire sections aloud and pass the book
on to someone who can benefit from it. [Doidge] links scientific
experimentation with personal triumph in a way that inspires
awe"
-Washington Post
"Doidge tells one spell-binding story after another as he travels
the globe interviewing the scientists and their subjects who are on
the cutting edge of a new age. It may be hard to imagine that a
book so rich in science can also be a page-turner, but this one is
hard to set down."
-Jeff Zimman, Posit Science, e-newsletter
"The most readable and best general treatment of this subject to
date."
-Michael M. Merzenich, Ph.D., Keck Center for Integrative
Neurosciences University of California at San Francisco
"A riveting, essential book... These stories are most emotionally
satisfying. Doidge addresses how cultural influences literally
"shape" our brain. [And]....our response to the world around us is
not only a social or psychological phenomenon, but often a lasting
neurological process."
-Montreal Gazette, Liam Durcan, MD, Neurologist & Novelist
"A hymn to life."
-Panorama Italy
"The Brain That Changes Itself...is without question the
most important book of the year, and maybe the most important book
we have ever read."
-Kiril Sokoloff, 13D Research Inc
"This books is like discovering that the earth isn't flat."
-Gretel Killeen, Sun Herald, "The Books That Changed Me"
"A rich banquet of brain-mind plasticity, communicated in a
brilliantly clear writing style."
-Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D., Head, Affective Neuroscience Research, Falk
Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Northwestern University;
"A masterfully guided tour through the burgeoning field of
neuroplasticity research."
-Discover Magazine
"Norman Doidge has shown that what and how we think can change our
brains. He has illuminated the foundations of psychological
healing."
-Charles Hanly, Ph.D.President, International Psychoanalytical
Association
"Astonishing. This book will inevitably draw comparisons to the
work of Oliver Sacks. Doidge has a prodigious gift for rendering
the highly technical highly readable. It's hard to imagine a more
exciting topic--or a better introduction to it."
-Kitchener Waterloo Record
"Perfect for fans of Oliver Sacks"
-Quill & Quire
"Beautifully written and brings life and clarity to a variety of
neuropsychiatric problems that affect children and adults... It
reads a bit like a science detective story and -you do not need a
Ph.D. to benefit from the wisdom imparted here."
-Barbara Milrod, M.D. Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell
University, New York
"A panoramic examination of plasticity's profound implications.
"
-Toronto Daily Star
"An eloquently written book about the boundless potential of the
human brain.
-The Jewish Week
"Norman Doidge has written a fascinating, highly readable account
of the new brain science."
-John Cornwell, Literary Review, England
"You really should read this book... this remarkable work will lead
us to see ourselves in a new light."
-Mail on Sunday, England
"An 'essential primer' for anyone who wants to better understand
their own brains and the considerable advances in neuroscience of
the past two decades."
-Melbourne Age
"A book that everybody should read... it is nothing short of
miraculous. Get it!"
-Yoko Ono, Yoko Reads Book Recommendations
"Fascinating ... Doidge has accomplished a rare feat. He has
written a book that accurately conveys cutting-edge scientific
discoveries while simultaneously engaging both scientific and
popular audiences."
-Neuro-Psychoanalysis
"A remarkable book ... a highly readable exploration of a branch of
science that has the potential to change all our lives."
-Hobart Mercury
"Why isn't this book on the top of the bestseller list of all time?
The recognition that the brain in plastic and can actually change
itself with exercise and understanding is a huge leap in the
history or mankind, far greater than landing on the moon."
-Jane S. Hall, International Psychoanalysis
"Only a few decades ago, scientists considered the brain to be
fixed or 'hardwired' and considered most forms of brain damage,
therefore, to be incurable. Dr. Doidge, an eminent psychiatrist and
researcher, was struck by how his patients' own transformations
belied this and set out to explore the new science of
neuroplasticity by interviewing both scientific pioneers in
neuroscience, and patients who have benefited from
neurorehabilitation. Here he describes in fascinating personal
narratives how the brain, far from being fixed, has remarkable
powers of changing its own structure and compensating for even the
most challenging neurological conditions. Doidge's book is a
remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the
human brain."
-Oliver Sack, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a
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