Norman Doidge's tribute to Alfred Tomatis
In his book, The Brain’s Way of Healing, the renowned psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and researcher in North America deals with neuroplasticity, the "faculty that allows the brain to modify its own structure and functioning in response to activity and mental health experience."
He talks about this “second generation of neuroplasticians who, because they did not have the burden of proving the existence of plasticity, could devote all their energy to understanding and using its wonderful powers." In summary, all these neuroplasticians who experienced neuroplasticity unknowingly. Among them was Alfred Tomatis, a leading figure in neuroplasticity. He created a neuro-sensory stimulation Method and said the brain was malleable even before neuroplasticity was dubbed by the scientific community.
Norman Doidge pays homage to the founder of our method and sees in him a precursor of the new theories on the human brain.
Norman Doidge, The Brain’s Way of Healing (James H. Silberman Book), 2015
Same author: Norman Doidge, The Brain that changes itself, 2007
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