Your brain knows more than you think : the new frontiers of neuroplasticity / Niels Birbaumer with Jörg Zittlau ; translated by David Shaw
- Bib ID:
- 8038190
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Birbaumer, Niels, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Scribe, [2017]
- ©2017
- 1 online resource.
- ISBN:
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- 1925548317
- 9781925548310
- Summary:
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Our brains are more powerful than we ever realised. Too often, we humans tend to assume that nature is fixed, immutable - and this tendency is particularly strong when we think about matters of the mind and behaviour. People just can't change, we say, so they must somehow be prevented from becoming a burden on society or from hurting themselves and others. Neuroplasticity - the virtually limitless capacity of the brain to remould itself - turns these notions on their heads. Leading brain researcher Niels Birbaumer brings new hope to those suffering from depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, dementia, the effects of a stroke, or even the extremes of locked-in syndrome or psychopathy. Like the fathers and mothers of psychiatry, Birbaumer explores the sometimes-wild frontiers of a new way of thinking about our brains and behaviour. Through actual cases from his research and practice, he shows how we can change through training alone, and without risky drugs. Open your mind to change. Neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to reorganise itself throughout life, has been a popular topic in Australia and a bestselling topic for Scribe. Niels Birbaumer was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the German equivalent to the Nobel Prize in medicine, in 1995 for his work on training people with epilepsy to curb their seizures. For fans of Norman Doidge, Daniel Siegel, and John Medina.
- Full contents:
- About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Why We Change; 1 What Is Personality?; 2 Anything Is Possible?; 3 The Coming Out of Locked-in Patients; 4 No Case for Euthanasia; 5 Hope for People Suffering from Epilepsy or Stroke; 6 Brutal Confrontation; 7 Lock Them Up and Throw Away the Key?; 8 The Trained Brain; 9 Fidgeting Is Not an Inescapable Fate; 10 Genius for All; 11 Nirvana; Acknowledgements; References; Notes.
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- ProQuest Ebook Central Rental.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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- Neuroplasticity
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Abnormal psychology
- Cognitive science
- Medical - Neurology
- MEDICAL -- Physiology
- Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
- Neurosciences
- Popular science
- Psychology - Psychopathology - General
- Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology
- Rehabilitation: brain & spinal injuries
- Science / Cognitive Science
- Science / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Australian
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