Train Your Mind, Change Your brain : how a new science reveals our extraordinary potential to transform ourselves - Begley, Sharon 1956- (New York : Ballantine Books, 2007)
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?
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-275) and index.
Keywords: Neuroplasticity; Brain; Mind and body; Philosophy of mind; Buddhism and science