Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing—are associated with a lower risk for dementia. Dancing, which requires learning new moves, is both physically and mentally… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
“If you want to lift a hundred pounds, you don't expect to succeed the first time. You start with a lighter weight and work… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
Mind training matters. It is not just a luxury, or a supplementary vitamin for the soul. It determines the quality of every instant of… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
“Mr. L. did not get better all at once. He had first to experience cycles of separations, dreams, depressions, and insights—the repetition, or 'working… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
“He has repeatedly shown that by explaining neurological “oddities,” he can shed light on the functioning of normal brains. “I hate crowds in science,”… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
“Psychotherapy works by going deep into the brain and its neurons and changing their structure by turning on the right genes. Psychiatrist Dr. Susan… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity. — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes,… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
“One of these scientists even showed that thinking, learning, and acting can turn our genes on or off, thus shaping our brain anatomy and… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
We all have what might be called a culturally modified brain, and as cultures evolve, they continually lead to new changes in the brain. — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
Thought changes structure... I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and trauma. — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
“No other instinct can so satisfy without accomplishing its biological purpose, and no other instinct is so disconnected from its purpose.” — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
