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|  | Author: Norman Doidge
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
List Price: $16.00
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Seller: ACORN BOOKS
Rating:  170 reviews
Sales Rank: 606
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Reprint
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 0143113100
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780143113102
ASIN: 0143113100
Publication Date: December 18, 2007
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Condition: Very clean, in a very good condition, no notes or highlighting inside, it is in a very good shape, ship fast.
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 A fascinating look at brain plasticity August 12, 2009
Jon Peltier
I found this book to be wonderfully enlightening. The examples drawn from the lives of real people humanized the book, and they give hope that many kinds of brain trauma can be successfully overcome.
 Still Waiting August 11, 2009
Dianne Maclean
0 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am still waiting for this item. I understand it has only been a month and the stated time for delivery can be up to 6 weeks ( on contacting the company I did get a fast respose saying it could even be 8 to 12 weeks due to custom delays), but I have been spoiled by all my previous orders through Amazon.com where there has been very prompt delivery. If the book is not in stock or if there are any other expected delays it would be an idea for the company to advise the customer, not have the customer chase the item. Dianne
The brain that changes itself August 9, 2009
Pauline Mack (NSW Australia)
Recomended to me by a Doctor and using examples from this book I have enhanced my health, restoring balance after spinal surgery.
Easy to understand for any reader. I highly recomend.
 An excellent overview of neuroplasticity July 18, 2009
A. J. Luxton (Portland, OR)
Overall, this book came off as enjoyable and exciting, as well as scientifically enlightening. The author does a good job of relating the current research in the field of neuroplasticity to techniques we can use in our daily lives. The software developments Doidge tells about are especially relevant -- games that can teach us to think better? Do tell! I can't wait for the knockoffs.
The only reason it got four stars instead of five is because the author had an axe to grind about how animal rights activists delayed some of these developments in neuroscience, and so complained about the animal rights activists and then completely ignored the ethical issues.
Human life outweighs many considerations, and many extraordinary developments, including things we take for granted like surgical techniques and antibiotics, owe their existence to certain cruelties of medicine. It's disingenuous for such a brilliant author to respond to ethical criticism by skipping the issue entirely, and I understand why it might have been a sore point, but it would have been nice, *especially* after the slings and arrows of ill-thought activism, to see his reasoned take on the matter of this ethical ambiguity -- and an otherwise great book is poorer for the lack of it. Aside from that, I can wholeheartedly recommend this one.
the brain that changes itself July 4, 2009
Laurence Y. Marie (NB, Canada)
Excellent! very informative and resourceful. Written for the lay person so everyone can benefit from it.
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