{"product_id":"the-brain-that-changes-itself-stories-of-personal-triumph-from-the-frontiers-of-brain-science-paperback","title":"The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorman Doidge's \u003cem\u003eThe Brain That Changes Itself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e—the groundbreaking exploration of neuroplasticity revealing how the human brain can heal, adapt, and transform throughout life, presenting revolutionary science through compelling personal stories that demonstrate the brain we're born with is not the brain we're bound to keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman Doidge, M.D., psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and researcher, published \u003cem\u003eThe Brain That Changes Itself\u003c\/em\u003e in 2007, overturning the centuries-old notion that the adult brain is fixed and immutable. Through compelling narratives of scientists and patients, Doidge reveals how neuroplasticity enables recovery from stroke and brain injury, treatment of learning disorders and mental illness, and the profound changes that occur through meditation and contemplative practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you'll discover:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe revolutionary science of neuroplasticity and brain change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecovery from stroke, traumatic brain injury, and learning disorders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTreatment approaches for depression, anxiety, and trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow meditation and mental practice physically reshape the brain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationship between thought, attention, and neural structure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe brain's capacity for self-directed neuroplastic change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe meet a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to function as a whole, blind people who learn to see, stroke patients who recover movement decades after injury, and individuals who overcome depression and anxiety through neuroplastic interventions. Each story illuminates a principle of brain change: neurons that fire together wire together, the brain is a use-dependent organ shaped by our mental activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes \u003cem\u003eThe Brain That Changes Itself\u003c\/em\u003e essential for contemplative readers is its scientific validation of what wisdom traditions have long taught—that sustained mental practice transforms consciousness. Neuroplasticity research demonstrates that meditation physically alters brain structure, that attention training strengthens neural circuits, that compassion practice increases empathy-related brain regions. Doidge bridges the language of neuroscience and the insights of contemplative traditions, showing that transformation and awakening have neural correlates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Students of neuroscience and cognitive psychology, readers interested in neuroplasticity and brain change, those exploring the relationship between meditation and neuroscience, practitioners seeking scientific grounding for contemplative practice, readers interested in recovery from brain injury and mental illness, and contemplative readers seeking to understand how mental training physically reshapes the brain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition presents Norman Doidge's landmark work on neuroplasticity—the revolutionary science demonstrating that the brain can heal, adapt, and transform throughout life, offering hope for recovery and profound validation for contemplative practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46466154004611,"sku":"9780143113102","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1583\/7571\/files\/OEdmd0FNSDZONHMwN3Qrc2FUc211Zz09.webp?v=1770147723","url":"https:\/\/www.merceliarose.com\/products\/the-brain-that-changes-itself-stories-of-personal-triumph-from-the-frontiers-of-brain-science-paperback","provider":"Mercelia Rose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}