The woman who changed her brain : and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation / Barbara Arrowsmith-Young ; foreword by Norman Doidge
xvii, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
The anatomy of resistance -- Monaghan Road -- Learning (and reversing) my ABCs -- The fog -- Brain work: Arrowsmith core principles -- University haze -- The fog is dispelled -- Lost in translation -- Hitting the wall -- Words fail -- Leap before you look -- When a picture does not paint a thousand words -- A closed book -- Nothing to write home about -- Blind to one's own body -- A school takes shape -- Lost in space -- Drawing a blank -- Seeing and not seeing -- When 2+2 does not equal 4 -- In one ear and out the other -- The impact of learning disabilities -- Description of the cognitive deficits addressed by the Arrowsmith program
Summary
The woman who built herself a better brain! Barbara Arrowsmith Young is a pioneer; a bold and ingenious woman, deeply empathic and utterly determined. "Rarely is the person who makes a discovery the one with the defect. Barbara Arrowsmith Young is an exception" - Dr. Norman Doidge bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself
Analysis
Autobiography
Brain damage
Learning disabilities
Mental processes
Neuroscience
Overseas item
Notes
First published: New York : Free Press, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index
