Thought changes structure. . . I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable … - Norman Doidge

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Some people like when it rains a lot. Some people like sunshine. The idea that there's one, all encompassing afterlife is strange. It doesn't seem to make sense because we're all such different people.

Norman Doidge

Thought changes structure. . . I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and trauma.

Brain, Changes, Neuroplasticity, People, Thought, Trauma

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The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take in the world around us. It has given us a brain that survives in a changing world by changing itself.

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Mind training matters. It is not just a luxury, or a supplementary vitamin for the soul. It determines the quality of every instant of our lives.

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Nothing speeds brain atrophy more than being immobilized in the same environment.

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Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity.

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Ironically, some of our most stubborn habits and disorders are products of our plasticity.

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