Norman Doidge
NORMAN DOIDGE, MD, is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, essayist and poet, on faculty at the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and, Columbia University, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. His book, The Brain That Changes Itself, on neuroplasticity, has been described by neurologist Oliver Sacks as “Fascinating... a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain”. The Times of London has written, “Brilliant... Doidge has identified a tidal shift in basic science... the implications are monumental”. It is an international and New York Times Bestseller, translated into over 20 languages, including Hungarian. His next book on the brain will be released in English, in January.