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Lessons From the Frontiers of Brain Science & Changing the Brain for Learning

Date Mon 6 Sep 2010
Venue Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Southbank (None)
Format Seminar

International best-selling author touring Australia to discuss new breakthroughs in brain science

Norman Doidge, MD, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author, made the discovery of neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to change itself) understandable for millions of people through his international best-selling book 'The Brain that Changes Itself'.
In his book, Dr. Doidge exposed new discoveries in brain science that found people can chhange the structure and function of their brains by thinking. This discovery is already providing hope for people with learning difficulties, brain injuries, intellectual disabilities, dementia and the elderly.