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The woman who changed her brain : and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation / Print by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young ; foreword by Norman Doidge. - 1st ed. - New York City : Free Press, 2012. - 261 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; cm. Hardback book.
The anatomy of resistance -- Monaghan Road -- Learning (and reversing) my ABCs -- The fog -- Brain work: Arrowsmith core principles -- University haze -- The fog is dispelled -- Lost in translation -- Hitting the wall -- Words fail -- Leap before you look -- When a picture does not paint a thousand words -- A closed book -- Nothing to write home about -- Blind to one's own body -- A school takes shape -- Lost in space -- Drawing a blank -- Seeing and not seeing -- When 2+2 does not equal 4 -- In one ear and out the other -- The impact of learning disabilities -- Words spread --Description of the cognitive deficits addressed by the Arrowsmith program -- Lobes of brain -- Brodmann Areas of the brain.
The founder of the Arrowsmith Program shares how she overcame severe learning disabilities by developing brain exercises to combat neurological challenges, discussing what her achievements reveal about the potential for shaping the human brain.
9781451607932 (hardcover) 1451607938 (hardcover)
2011051961
Arrowsmith-Young, Barbara.
Neuroplasticity
Learning disabled--United States
Communication Disorders--therapy
Brain--physiology
362.3092 Arr 9
The woman who changed her brain : and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation / Print by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young ; foreword by Norman Doidge. - 1st ed. - New York City : Free Press, 2012. - 261 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; cm. Hardback book.
The anatomy of resistance -- Monaghan Road -- Learning (and reversing) my ABCs -- The fog -- Brain work: Arrowsmith core principles -- University haze -- The fog is dispelled -- Lost in translation -- Hitting the wall -- Words fail -- Leap before you look -- When a picture does not paint a thousand words -- A closed book -- Nothing to write home about -- Blind to one's own body -- A school takes shape -- Lost in space -- Drawing a blank -- Seeing and not seeing -- When 2+2 does not equal 4 -- In one ear and out the other -- The impact of learning disabilities -- Words spread --Description of the cognitive deficits addressed by the Arrowsmith program -- Lobes of brain -- Brodmann Areas of the brain.
The founder of the Arrowsmith Program shares how she overcame severe learning disabilities by developing brain exercises to combat neurological challenges, discussing what her achievements reveal about the potential for shaping the human brain.
9781451607932 (hardcover) 1451607938 (hardcover)
2011051961
Arrowsmith-Young, Barbara.
Neuroplasticity
Learning disabled--United States
Communication Disorders--therapy
Brain--physiology
362.3092 Arr 9