“If you want to lift a hundred pounds, you don't expect to succeed the first time. You start with a lighter weight… — Norman Doidge Every day 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… — Norman Doidge Determine 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,… — Norman Doidge Change 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… — Norman Doidge Opposite direction 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… — Norman Doidge Patience Copy Share Image
Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity. — Norman Doidge Education 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… — Norman Doidge Ability 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… — Norman Doidge Brain 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… — Norman Doidge Learning 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… — Norman Doidge Brain Copy Share Image
Thought changes structure... I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and trauma. — Norman Doidge Brain 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
“Kandel argues that when psychotherapy changes people, 'it presumably does so through learning, by producing changes in gene expression that alter the… — Norman Doidge Change Copy Share Image
“For children to know and regulate their emotions, and be socially connected, they need to experience this kind of interaction many hundreds… — Norman Doidge Children Copy Share Image
We must be learning if we are to feel fully alive, and when life, or love, becomes too predictable and it seems… — Norman Doidge Alive Copy Share Image
“As we age and plasticity declines, it becomes increasingly difficult for us to change in response to the world, even if we… — Norman Doidge Change the world Copy Share Image
Neuroplasticity contributes to both the constrained and unconstrained aspects of our nature. It renders our brains not only more resourceful, but also… — Norman Doidge Aspect Copy Share Image
“I have a disdain,” he says, “for complicated fancy equipment because it takes a lot of time to learn how to use,… — Norman Doidge Science Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors. — Norman Doidge Ancestor Copy Share Image
All of us have worries. We worry because we are intelligent beings. Intelligence predicts, that is its essence; the same intelligence that… — Norman Doidge Anticipate Copy Share Image
Not all activities are equal... Those that involve genuine concentration - studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing -… — Norman Doidge Activity Copy Share Image
After the initial critical learning period of youth is over, the areas of the brain that need to be 'turned on' to… — Norman Doidge Areas Copy Share Image
Ironically, some of our most stubborn habits and disorders are products of our plasticity. — Norman Doidge Disorder Copy Share Image
“In chapter 3, “Redesigning the Brain,” we learned two key laws of plasticity that also underlie this treatment. The first is that… — Norman Doidge Long term Copy Share Image
“He is social, but not in large groups. "I don't go readily to cocktail parties, where people just come together and talk.… — Norman Doidge Copy Share Image
