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An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose ... read more
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“imagining an act and doing it are not as different as they sound”
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“Unlearning and weakening connections between neurons is just as plastic a process, and just as important, as learning and strengthening”
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“Neurons that fire together wire together.”
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- Norman Doidge (Author)
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