[Ailist] Norman Doidge: re-evaluating the basis of the brain (recommended read)

[Stephanie West Allen]

Here's the link to an excellent column by Norman Doidge.

Excerpt:

 >>[Doidge says] that we are now experiencing the biggest change in  
our understanding of the brain in 400 years — the discovery that the  
brain can actually change itself, its very structure and function,  
with the use of thought. ...

For 400 years we have been using the wrong model for thinking about  
the brain, thinking of it as a machine. Ever since Galileo explained  
that the planetary orbits could be understood as inanimate objects  
moved by the mechanical laws of motion, scientists have believed that  
for an explanation to be scientific it has to be mechanistic, or  
machine-like.<<

Rest here:

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/ 
2008/11/26/norman-doidge-re-evaluating-the-basis-of-the-brain.aspx

If you have not read his book THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF, I highly  
recommend that you do. He is a terrific writer and illustrates his  
points with story after story.

Best,

Stephanie


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Stephanie West Allen, JD
http://www.brainsonpurpose.com
http://www.idealawg.net
Denver, CO USA