Note to the Reader
Preface
A Woman Perpetually Falling...: Rescued by the Man Who Discovered the Plasticity of Our Senses
Building Herself a Better Brain: A Woman Labeled "Retarded" Discovers How to Heal Herself
Redesigning the Brain: A Scientist Changes Brains to Sharpen Perception and Memory, Increase Speed of Thought, and Heal Learning Problems
Acquiring Tastes and Loves: What Neuroplasticity Teaches Us About Sexual Attraction and Love
Midnight Resurrections: Stroke Victims Learn to Move and Speak Again
Brain Lock Unlocked: Using Plasticity to Stop Worries, Obsessions, Compulsions, and Bad Habits
Pain: The Dark Side of Plasticity
Imagination: How Thinking Makes It So
Turning Our Ghosts into Ancestors: Psychoanalysis as a Neuroplastic Therapy
Rejuvenation: The Discovery of the Neuronal Stem Cell and Lessons for Preserving Our Brains
More than the Sum of Her Parts: A Woman Shows Us How Radically Plastic the Brain Can Be
The Culturally Modified Brain
Plasticity and the Idea of Progress
Acknowledgments
Notes and References
Index