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Index
Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Note to the Reader
Preface
1: A Woman Perpetually Falling… Rescued by the Man Who Discovered the Plasticity of Our Senses
2: Building Herself a Better Brain: A Woman Labeled “Retarded” DiscoversHow to Heal Herself
3: Redesigning the Brain: A Scientist Changes Brains to Sharpen Perception andMemory, Increase Speed of Thought, andHeal Learning Problems
4: Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us AboutSexual Attraction and Love
5: Midnight Resurrections: Stroke Victims Learn to Move and Speak Again
6: Brain Lock Unlocked: Using Plasticity to Stop Worries, Obsessions,Compulsions,and Bad Habits
7: Pain: The Dark Side of Plasticity
8: Imagination: How Thinking Makes It So
9: Turning Our Ghosts into Ancestors: Psychoanalysis as a Neuroplastic Therapy
10: Rejuvenation: The Discovery of the Neuronal Stem Cell and Lessons for Preserving Our Brains
11: More than the Sum of Her Parts: A Woman Shows Us How Radically Plastic the Brain Can Be
Appendix 1: The Culturally Modified Brain
Appendix 2: Plasticity and the Idea of Progress
Acknowledgments
Notes and References
Index
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