Your Brain Knows More Than You Think : The New Frontiers of Neuroplasticity

Our brains are more powerful than we ever realised. Too often we assume that people's natures are fixed immutable. For sufferers of depression anxiety ADHD addiction or the after-effects of stroke this can be a difficult thought. For those with extreme conditions such as locked-in syndrome or psychopathy it can feel as if there is no hope at all. However in Your Brain Knows More Than You Think leading neurobiologist Niels Birbaumer turns these assumptions on their head arguing that neuroplasticity - the virtually limitless capacity of the brain to remould itself - is enough to overcome almost any condition however life-limiting it seems. Like the fathers and mothers of psychiatry Birbaumer explores the sometimes-wild frontiers of a new way of thinking about our brains and behaviour. Through actual cases from his research and practice he shows how we can change through brain training alone - and without risky drugs - if we simply open our minds.