Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-408) and index.
Contents
A woman perpetually falling: rescued by the man who discovered the plasticity of our senses -- Building herself a better brain: a woman labeled "retarded" discovers how to heal herself -- Redesigning the brain: a scientist changes brains to sharpen perception and memory, increase speed of thought, and heal learning problems -- Acquiring tastes and loves: what neuroplasticity teaches about sexual attraction and love -- Midnight resurrections: stroke victims learn to move and speak again -- Brain lock unlocked: using plasticity to stop worries, obsessions, compulsions, and bad habits -- Pain: the dark side of plasticity -- Imagination: how thinking makes it so -- Turning our ghosts into ancestors: Psychoanalysis as a neuroplastic therapy -- Rejuvenation: the discovery of the neuronal stem cell and lessons for preserving our brains -- More than the sum of her parts: a woman shows us how radically plastic the brain can be -- The culturally modified brain -- Plasticity and the idea of progress.
