A review by fazekaszs
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge

5.0

This is the first book I have ever read about psychology, psychiatry and I must say, I really enjoyed it. I really like the idea of neuroplasticity since I get really excited when something is about expanding our knowledge, our abilities, and our perceptive and thinking skills, as humans, as a species. During reading this book it came to my mind, that the funny thing is, that reading a book about neuroplasticity triggers the neuroplastic behaviour of the brain and as a positive feedback loop, it changes the picture about its own. Also, Doidge emphasizes the importance of neural connections, the connections between extrinsic and intrinsic events (for example in a holistic context), and connections in general, and by this, he helped to give me different views on my current scientific project. I can highly recommend this book to anyone who likes the idea of the forever changing brain.