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Skip (David) Everling
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I wish this book had Steven Pinker's commentary to put some of the conclusions in perspective. The anecdotes that Doidge is telling are definitely intriguing but I also think at times he's too eager to generalize conclusions after relaying a diagnosis.
— Dec 11, 2010 04:33PM
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Skip (David) Everling
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Similar to Oliver Sacks' books but lacking quite the same panache and insight that Sacks seems to effortlessly deploy in description. Nonetheless, this book did a good job of combining anecdotes and clinical studies that support the book's title premise, the general idea of heretofore unrealized neuroplasticity. Makes you wonder how you could change. Likewise it sometimes adopts the tone of a self-help book.
— Dec 14, 2010 06:22PM
