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The Brain That Changes Itself



I’m having the pleasure of reading The brain that changes itself by Norman Doidge, as a reviewer for a potential translation here in Denmark. Brain plasticity, or neuroplasticity, has always been a hot topic, from it’s (re)birth in modern neuroscience, and all the way up until today, where researchers are still fiercely debating how plastic the brain is and how functions relate to brain structures – aka the debate of modularism. In its early days, the neuroscientific community strongly believed that the modularity of the brain was established during childhood, and that little, if any, change could occur later on. Researchers suggesting otherwise were eschewed, heavily criticized on the ground that their data/ideas did not fit into the existing model. The land did not fit onto the map, so to say. This book is dedicated to the idea of neuroplasticity.

The book introduces brain plasticity in a very vivid and close-up manner, as Doidge tells the story from the inside, through some of the biggest names in this research, including the late Paul Bach-y-Rita, Michael Merzenich, and Gerald Edelman. Not only is the book very interesting to read as a historical background, but it also takes a look behind the scenes in two ways. Doidge has talked the researchers himself, and bring their experience of how plasticity came to go from a ignored (and carreer risky business) field, to a scientifically acceptable and highly influential topic. Even today, one may claim that we do not fully comprehend or apply the insights from this research.

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