Train Your Mind, Change Your brain :

Begley, Sharon 1956-

Train Your Mind, Change Your brain : how a new science reveals our extraordinary potential to transform ourselves / Sharon Begley - New York : Ballantine Books, c 2007 - xviii, 283p. ; 21cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-275) and index.

Can we change? Challenging the dogma of the hardwired brain -- Th enchanted loom; The discovery of neuroplasticity -- New neurons for old brains; Neurogenesis -- A child shall lead them; The neuroplasticity of young brains -- Footprints on the brain; Sensory experience reshapes adult brains -- Mind over matter; Mental activity changes the brain -- Nature through nurture; Turning on genes in the brain -- Blaming Mom? Rewired for compassion -- Transforming the emotional mind; Challenging the happiness "Set point" -- Now what?

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Neuroplasticity.
Brain.
Mind and body.
Philosophy of mind.
Buddhism and science.

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