Niels Birbaumer

Your Brain Knows More Than You Think (eBook, ePUB)

the new frontiers of neuroplasticity
Übersetzer: Shaw, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Our brains are more powerful than we ever realised.Too often, we humans tend to assume that nature is fixed, immutable and this tendency is particularly strong when we think about matters of the mind and behaviour. People just can t change, we say, so they must somehow be prevented from becoming a burden on society or from hurting themselves and others. Neuroplasticity the virtually limitless capacity of the brain to remould itself turns these notions on their heads.Leading brain researcher Niels Birbaumer brings new hope to those suffering from depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, dementia, the effects of a stroke, or even the extremes of locked-in syndrome or psychopathy. 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 training alone, and without risky drugs. Open your mind to change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781925548310
• Artikelnr.: 49234561

Autorenporträt

Niels Birbaumer is a psychologist and neurobiologist. He is a leading figure in the development of brain-computer interfaces, a field he has researched for 40 years, with a focus on treating brain disturbances. He has been awarded numerous international honours and prizes, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. Professor Birbaumer is co-director of the Institute of Behavioural Neurobiology at the University of Tübingen in Germany, and senior researcher at the Wyss Centre for Bio- and Neuro-engineering in Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Why We Change
1. What Is Personality?
from a street gang to university is just a small step
2. Anything Is Possible?
the plastic brain
3. The Coming Out of Locked-in Patients
how the brain gives a voice to the voiceless
4. No Case for Euthanasia
the quality of life of vegetative and locked-in patients
5. Hope for People Suffering from
Epilepsy or Stroke our brain's enormous powers of self-healing
6. Brutal Confrontation
controlling anxiety and depression without medication
7. Lock Them Up and Throw Away the Key?
even psychopaths can change
8. The Trained Brain
living better with Parkinson's and dementia
9. Fidgeting Is Not an Inescapable Fate
treating ADHD without drugs
10. Genius for All
how we can improve our perception
11. Nirvana
is there life beyond greed, addiction, and want, want, want?
Acknowledgements
References
Notes