BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF:
STORIES OF PERSONAL TRIUMPH
FROM THE FRONTIERS OF BRAIN SCIENCE
 by Norman Doidge. Viking, 2007
OUTLINE OF BOOK'S FACTS & IDEAS

NOTE TO THE READER (pxi)

PREFACE
    This book is about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself:
    as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together
    brought about these astonishing transformations. (pxiii-xvi)

1) A WOMAN PERPETUALLY FALLING (P1-26)

2) BUILDING HERSELF A BETTER BRAIN (P27-44)

3) REDESIGNING THE BRAIN (P45-92)

4) ACQUIRING TASTES AND LOVES (P93-131)

5) MIDNIGHT RESURRECTIONS (P132-163)

6) BRAIN LOCK UNLOCKED (P164-176)

7) PAIN (P177-195)

8) IMAGINATION (P196-214)

9) TURNING OUR GHOSTS INTO ANCESTORS (P215-244)

10) REJUVENATION (P245-257)

11) MORE THAN THE SUM OF HER PARTS (P258-286)

 APPENDIX 1 --- The culturally modified brain (p287-312)

APPENDIX 2 --- Plasticity and the idea of progress (p313-318)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p319-322)

NOTES AND REFERENCES (p323-408)

INDEX (p409-427)
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