Just a few decades ago, experts believed the brain was fixed, unchanging and that it was hardwired like a machine. But now there’s a new sheriff in brain research town and his name is “Neuroplasticity.” This revolutionary discovery shows that the brain is actually a living, plastic organ capable of rewiring itself. In The Brain That Changes Itself, Dr. Norman Doidge introduces principles we can all use to overcome brain limitations while sharing riveting case studies that were once deemed hopeless, including a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, lifelong depression dissipating and blind people learning to see.