The brain's way of healing : remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity / Norman Doidge, M.D.

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Main Author: Doidge, Norman
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Physician hurt, then heal thyself: Michael Moskowitz discovers that chronic pain can be unlearned
  • A man walks off his Parkinsonian symptoms: how exercise helps fend off degenerative disorders and can defer dementia
  • The stages of neuroplastic healing: how and why it works
  • Rewiring a brain with light: using light to reawaken dormant neural circuits
  • Moshe Feldenkrais, physicist, black belt, and healer: healing serious brain problems through mental awareness of movement
  • A blind man learns to see: using Feldenkrais, Buddhist, and other neuroplastic methods
  • A device that resets the brain: stimulating neuromodulation to reverse symptoms. : A cane against the wall ; Three resets: Parkinson's, stroke, multiple sclerosis ; The cracked potters ; How the brain balances itself--with a little help
  • A bridge of sound: the special connection between music and the brain : A dyslexic boy reverses his misfortune ; A mother's voice ; Rebuilding the brain from the bottom up: autism, attention deficits, and sensory processing disorder ; Solving the mystery at the abbey : how music raises our spirits and energy.