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BookmarkIs it really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel? The answer is a resounding yes.
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In late 2004, leading Western scientists joined the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India, to address this very question–and in the process brought about a revolution in our understanding of the human mind.
In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Wall Street Journal science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to show how we all have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds.
These findings hold exciting implications for personal transformation.For decades, the conventional wisdom of neuroscience held that the hardware of the brain is fixed and immutable–that we are stuck with what we were born with.
As Begley shows, however, recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity, a new science that investigates whether and how the brain can undergo wholesale change, reveal that the brain is capable not only of altering its structure but also of generating new neurons, even into old age.
The brain can adapt, heal, renew itself after trauma, and compensate for disability.
Begley documents how this fundamental paradigm shift is transforming both our understanding of the human mind and our approach to deep-seated emotional, cognitive, and behavioral problems.
For more information about the title Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, read the full description at Amazon.com, or see the following related books:
The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force — A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind–and demonstrates the possibilities ... > read more
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books) — An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. Psychiatrist and ... > read more
A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age — Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That's what our parents encouraged us to become when we grew up. But Mom and Dad were wrong. ... > read more
The Female Brain — Why are women more verbal than men? Why do women remember details of fights that men can’t remember at all? Why do women tend to form deeper ... > read more
