Reviews

Etonnants Pouvoirs Transformat.Cerveau by Norman Doidge, Michel Cymes Norman Doidge Eric Wessberge

fbroom's review against another edition

5.0

I found this book to be very enjoyable and easy to read. It's all about brain plasticity, brain recovery stories and those scientists working on neuroplasticity.

Never underestimate your brain power!

monda16's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

stirlitza's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident

cantkeepmehere's review against another edition

5.0

Fascinating!

christel_booksmart's review against another edition

5.0

Amazing- particularly if you have an education in neuroscience and/or psychology, although this book is written to cater to all audiences I feel, because Doidge explains every concept he introduces that the non-science reader may not be aware of. He also has a very entertaining, easy-to-follow way of writing and is as much a storyteller as he is a scientist - I devoured this non-fiction book in 5 days because it was so interesting. If you are fascinated by the brain, read this book. If you want to learn more about the brain, read this book. As someone with 5 years of education in neuroscience and psychology, this book only deepened my appreciation for the incredible organ that is the brain and the amazing feats it is capable of achieving - so don’t be put off reading it even if you know quite a bit about neuroplasticity already! I found myself nodding many times throughout the book and it was cool to read about the scientists, philosophers and psychologists I learned about in my degree. When I wasn’t nodding, I was gaping in awe or smiling in sheer appreciation for the brilliant people discussed in this book- subjects and researchers alike. This book was also incredibly inspiring for me to achieve more and give more to humanity. Phenomenal!!

amycam's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

Those with a low tolerance for animal cruelty may want to skip this book. The descriptions of experiments made me put down the book for several weeks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Self harm

kirbyii's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

This dude loves Freud. 

anjh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative lighthearted slow-paced

3.5

at first i was slightly nervous about starting this as its quite thick and non fiction which for me are two things that don’t go well together. it turns out tho that like 20% of the book is the index and references lmao

anyway, this was actually really interesting. it’s very obvious that the entire theme of the book is around neural plasticity and how this brain process has occurred in various instances of patients. 

i learned a lot of new things from this while also reading about things that i already knew and arguably information that is out of date though to be fair this was published in 2007 so idk how much i can really complain. 

def recommend for anyone interested in psychology and plasticity in particular

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

anadeac's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

xkal754's review against another edition

4.0

Doidge does a great job in teaching us the plasticity of the brain. By giving us real time examples of studies done on individuals as well as groups of people and animals, he is giving us the data along with cold hard facts. The brain has specific areas specialized for some functions, but if those areas are compromised, the brain will map out other neuronal connections and populate other parts of the brain. Localization is still widely popular, but this book will change how people think about neuroplasticity.