Đây là cuốn sách mà mình đã trông đợi từ lâu sau khi post cuốn The Brain That Changes Itself của cùng tác giả, đến sáng sớm nay thình lình nhận được như món quà từ trên trời rơi xuống với sự giúp đỡ nhiệt tình và quý báu của bạn BaoTran84. Các bạn đã đọc The Brain That Changes Itself không thể bỏ qua cuốn sách thứ 2 này của Norman Doidge. Tác giả trình bày những nghiên cứu khoa học mới nhất về khả năng thích ứng và biến đổi linh hoạt của não bộ (neuroplasticity) được ứng dụng trong chữa trị y khoa, tâm lý trị liệu và phát triển trí tuệ. Điều tuyệt vời hơn cả là toàn bộ các đề tài nghiên cứu trong 2 tác phẩm đều được trình bày dưới hình thức "truyện" sống động, hấp dẫn và dễ hiểu với người đọc ở mọi trình độ. Trân trọng giới thiệu cuốn sách quý này với các bạn! In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge described the most important breakthrough in our understanding of the brain in four hundred years: the discovery that the brain can change its own structure and function in response to mental experience—what we call neuroplasticity. His revolutionary new book shows, for the first time, how the amazing process of neuroplastic healing really works. It describes natural, non-invasive avenues into the brain provided by the forms of energy around us—light, sound, vibration, movement—which pass through our senses and our bodies to awaken the brain’s own healing capacities without producing unpleasant side effects. Doidge explores cases where patients alleviated years of chronic pain or recovered from debilitating strokes or accidents; children on the autistic spectrum or with learning disorders normalizing; symptoms of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy radically improved, and other near-miracle recoveries. And we learn how to vastly reduce the risk of dementia with simple approaches anyone can use. For centuries it was believed that the brain’s complexity prevented recovery from damage or disease. The Brain’s Way of Healing shows that this very sophistication is the source of a unique kind of healing. As he did so lucidly in The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge uses stories to present cutting-edge science with practical real-world applications, and principles that everyone can apply to improve their brain’s performance and health. CONTENTS Chapter 1 Physician Hurt, Then Heal Thyself Michael Moskowitz Discovers That Chronic Pain Can Be Unlearned Chapter 2 A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms How Exercise Helps Fend Off Degenerative Disorders and Can Defer Dementia Chapter 3 The Stages of Neuroplastic Healing How and Why It Works Chapter 4 Rewiring a Brain with Light Using Light to Reawaken Dormant Neural Circuits Chapter 5 Moshe Feldenkrais: Physicist, Black Belt, and Healer Healing Serious Brain Problems Through Mental Awareness of Movement Chapter 6 A Blind Man Learns to See Using Feldenkrais, Buddhist, and Other Neuroplastic Methods Chapter 7 A Device That Resets the Brain Stimulating Neuromodulation to Reverse Symptoms I. A Cane Against the Wall II. Three Resets: Parkinson’s, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis III. The Cracked Potters IV. How the Brain Balances Itself—with a Little Help Chapter 8 A Bridge of Sound The Special Connection Between Music and the Brain I. A Dyslexic Boy Reverses His Misfortune II. A Mother’s Voice III. Rebuilding the Brain from the Bottom Up: Autism, Attention Deficits, and Sensory Processing Disorder IV. Solving the Mystery at the Abbey: How Music Raises Our Spirits and Energy Appendix 1 A General Approach to TBI and Brain Problems Appendix 2 Matrix Repatterning for TBI Appendix 3 Neurofeedback for ADD, ADHD, Epilepsy, Anxiety, and TBI
