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This month psychiatrist norman doidge returns to the brain science podcast to discuss his new book the brains way of healing. He is on the research faculty at columbia universitys center for psychoanalytic training and research, in new york, and on the faculty at the university of torontos department of psychiatry. Norman doidge, md, is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and new york. See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The brain that changes itself quotes by norman doidge. But norman doidges fascinating synopsis of the current revolution in neuroscience straddles this gap. Two years ago, when the journal cerebrum at the dana foundation in the us updated its list of great books about the brain for the general reader, it found there were already 30,000 brainrelated books in english.
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