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The woman who changed her brain, and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation, by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

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The woman who changed her brain, and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation, by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The woman who changed her brain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

741542780

Responsibility statement

by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young

Sub title

and other inspiring stories of pioneering brain transformation

Summary

The founder of the Arrowsmith Program shares how she overcame severe learning disabilities by developing brain exercises to combat neurological challenges, discussing what her achievements reveal about the potential for shaping the human brain

Table Of Contents

The anatomy of resistance -- Monaghan Road -- Learning (and reversing) my ABCs -- The fog -- Brain work: Arrowsmith core principles -- University haze -- The fog is dispelled -- Lost in translation -- Hitting the wall -- Words fail -- Leap before you look -- When a picture does not paint a thousand words -- A closed book -- Nothing to write home about -- Blind to one's own body -- A school takes shape -- Lost in space -- Drawing a blank -- Seeing and not seeing -- When 2+2 does not equal 4 -- In one ear and out the other -- The impact of learning disabilities -- Words spread --Description of the cognitive deficits addressed by the Arrowsmith program -- Lobes of brain -- Brodmann Areas of the brain

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