pbFascinating. Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain.--Oliver Sacks, MD, author of iThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hati pWhat is neuroplasticity Is it possible to change your brain Norman Doidge's inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and morebppAn astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable, and proving that it is, in fact, possible to change your brain. Psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity, its healing powers, and the people whose lives they've transformed--people whose mental limitations, brain damage or brain trauma were seen as unalterable. We see a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, blind people who learn to see, learning disorders cured, IQs raised, aging brains rejuvenated, stroke patients learnin