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The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: And Other Inspiring Stories Of Pioneering Brain Transformation (2012)

by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1451607938 (ISBN13: 9781451607932)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Free Press

review 1: AAUW Adelante Book Recommendation for Oct. 2014 by The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: And Other Inspiring Stories of Pioneering Brain TransformationBy Barbara Arrowsmith-Young and Norman Doidge, M.D.Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn — or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually got lost, and was physically uncoordinated. But by relying on her formidable memory and iron will, she made her way to graduate school, where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to “fix” her own brain. The Woman Who Changed Her Brain interweaves her personal tale with riveting case histories from her more... more than 30 years of working with both children and adults.The Woman Who Changed Her Brain powerfully and poignantly illustrates how the lives of children and adults struggling with learning disorders can be dramatically transformed. This remarkable book by a brilliant pathbreaker deepens our understanding of how the brain works and of the brain’s profound impact on how we participate in the world. Our brains shape us, but this book offers clear and hopeful evidence of the corollary: We can shape our brains.Available in print, Kindle, NOOK Book, and audiobook formats.
review 2: Barbara Arrowsmith-Young is obviously a fascinating woman who is dedicated to her work helping children and adults with learning disabilities. This book is an amazing introduction to pioneering techniques of training people to overcome their brain issues. While the book was insightful, I strongly feel that that Arrowsmith-Young was providing a strong sell of her specific methods rather than providing a balanced view. Individual people are featured throughout the book but she provides mostly before and after descriptions rather than specific work that was done to help them. I also found a lack of failure-certainly in her line of work there must of been people she was unable to help. I would therefore recommend this book only with reservations. less

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