{"product_id":"the-woman-who-changed-her-brain","title":"The Woman Who Changed Her Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes a new chapter that examines the latest research demonstrating the positive impact of cognitive exercises on students brains  investigates the many ways that neuroplasticity and education are now converging  and offers a list of schools in Australia and New Zealand that have embraced the Arrowsmith Program.  The incredible story of a woman who struggled with severe learning disabilities  built herself a better brain  and started a program that has helped thousands of others.  Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow  stubborn - or worse. As a child  she read and wrote everything backward  struggled to process concepts in language  continually got lost  and was physically uncoordinated. She could make no sense of an analogue clock. But by relying on her formidable memory and iron will  she made her way to graduate school  where she chanced upon research that inspired her to invent cognitive exercises to \"fix\" her own brain. the Woman Who Changed Her Brain interweaves her personal tale with riveting case histories from her more than thirty years of working with both children and adults. Recent discoveries in neuroscience have conclusively demonstrated that  by engaging in certain mental tasks or activities  we actually change the structure of our brains-from the cells themselves to the connections between cells. the capability of nerve cells to change is known as neuroplasticity  and Arrowsmith-Young has been putting it into practice for decades. With great inventiveness  after combining two lines of research  Barbara developed unusual cognitive calisthenics that radically increased the functioning of her weakened brain areas to normal and  in some areas  even above normal levels. She drew on her intellectual strengths to determine what types of drills were required to target the specific nature of her learning problems  and she managed to conquer her cognitive deficits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948823736373,"sku":"ByrdShop_1460752694","price":92.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781460752692.jpg?v=1770058415","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-woman-who-changed-her-brain","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}