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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves |  | Author: Sharon Begley
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0345479890
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780345479891
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Publication Date: November 20, 2007
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In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity–the ability of the brain to change in response to experience–reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure and function, and even of generating new neurons, a power we retain well into old age. The brain can adapt, heal, renew itself after trauma, compensate for disabilities, rewire itself to overcome dyslexia, and break cycles of depression and OCD. And as scientists are learning from studies performed on Buddhist monks, it is not only the outside world that can change the brain, so can the mind and, in particular, focused attention through the classic Buddhist practice of mindfulness.
With her gift for making science accessible, meaningful, and compelling, Sharon Begley illuminates a profound shift in our understanding of how the brain and the mind interact and takes us to the leading edge of a revolution in what it means to be human.
“There are two great things about this book. One is that it shows us how nothing about our brains is set in stone. The other is that it is written by Sharon Begley, one of the best science writers around. Begley is superb at framing the latest facts within the larger context of the field. . . . This is a terrific book.”
–Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
“Excellent . . . elegant and lucid prose . . . an open mind here will be rewarded.”
–Discover magazine
“A strong dose of hope along with a strong does of science and Buddhist thought.”
–The San Diego Union-Tribune
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 Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves November 19, 2009
S. R. Fenster
I was disappointed in that the content seemed to pretty much an attempt to convince the reader of the potential for plasticity of the brain, and not so much on method. Personally I felt that relatively little information was inflated with fluff. It is not on the recommendation list for my "students".
Interesting, but too much hype November 10, 2009
Philo (Frazee,MN USA)
As a physical therapist I am well aware of the neuroplasticity research coming out over the past decade, and had high hopes for this book. I was disappointed there was so much implication that all this research was simply confirming what the Tibetan Buddhists and the Dalai Lama already knew, and the overuse of the term "dogma" in describing neuroscience. In the past twenty years I never got that impression from the research I'd read, but I'm not in academia. I was also disappointed in the mind-brain discussion; it seemed very confused. She was trying to embrace some sort of dualism, but without the pineal gland. Perhaps the reductionists are all wrong, but whence the ghost in the machine?
Much of the research on brain reorganization is encouraging, especially in regards to stroke, blindness, amputation, and other physical maladies. What is disappointing is the amount of training that appears necessary to truly make changes in your brain. For most people just get 30 minutes of physical activity a day seems impossible--how will anyone find 1-2 hours a day to work on compassion meditation for their depression or OCD?
 STOP, before you buy October 30, 2009
Maria A. Klinger
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hold it. The text is the same as in: Train Your Mind Change Your Brain.
This one here is just a new edition, with a different title.
Somewhere someone made a mistake.
 Excellent Book September 9, 2009
P. Krishnan
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Easy to read for scientists and non-scientists alike. This book brought me a sense of hope.
 Little info August 23, 2009
Who Am I? (Singapore)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After many pages, the book just tell me that
- my character is 50% gene and 50% environment.
- I can change my brain by changing my thinking.
A lot of scientific evidence for little info.
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