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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 571 EAN: 9780060988470 ISBN: 0060988479 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: October 01, 2003 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: October 14, 2003 Studio: Harper Perennial Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind–and demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain. Conventional science has long held the position that 'the mind' is merely an illusion, a side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. Now in paperback, Dr Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley's groundbreaking work, The Mind and the Brain, argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own.Dr Schwartz, a leading researcher in brain dysfunctions, and Wall Street Journal science columnist Sharon Begley demonstrate that the human mind is an independent entity that can shape and control the functioning of the physical brain. Their work has its basis in our emerging understanding of adult neuroplasticity–the brain's ability to be rewired not just in childhood, but throughout life, a trait only recently established by neuroscientists. Through decades of work treating patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), Schwartz made an extraordinary finding: while following the therapy he developed, his patients were effecting significant and lasting changes in their own neural pathways. It was a scientific first: by actively focusing their attention away from negative behaviors and toward more positive ones, Schwartz's patients were using their minds to reshape their brains–and discovering a thrilling new dimension to the concept of neuroplasticity. The Mind and the Brain follows Schwartz as he investigates this newly discovered power, which he calls self–directed neuroplasticity or, more simply, mental force. It describes his work with noted physicist Henry Stapp and connects the concept of 'mental force' with the ancient practice of mindfulness in Buddhist tradition. And it points to potential new applications that could transform the treatment of almost every variety of neurological dysfunction, from dyslexia to stroke–and could lead to new strategies to help us harness our mental powers. Yet as wondrous as these implications are, perhaps even more important is the philosophical dimension of Schwartz's work. For the existence of mental force offers convincing scientific evidence of human free will, and thus of man's inherent capacity for moral choice. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Thought provokingThis book provides the reader a very thought provoking experience regarding what causes a person to produce certain thoughts and how one is able to regulate unwanted thoughts and actually change brain morphology and thought patterns. It integrates concepts in neuroscience with physics and applies these concepts to patients with neurological/psychological disorders. There are spots in which readers interested in neuroscience may think the discussion of physics requires a bit of patience and thought, ... Read More Rating: - The Will to PowerExercise is not only necessary for the body but for the brain as well. Great tie in of mindfulness with neuroplasicity and quantum theory. Rating: - An important new scienceThere is something very intriguing to the concept of neuroplasticity. Many will find the idea that you can rewire or rezone the brain by the force of will is a welcomed revelation by people, stricken by brain illness or not. For those who are ill, it is a chance for a cure. For those who are not, the people who care to control their life, they will find neuroplasticity a revelation. Control your brain, and may then, life. Another thing that is fascinating is this book is that it recounts ... Read More Rating: - Turn your thoughts into REALITY!This book is interesting from a psychological perspective- the author conducted his own experiments proving the capability for subconsciously willed manipulation of brain restructuring. Rating: - The dissolution of mind and matterNeuropsychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz stood at the precipice of a great divide: a divide between classical physics and quantum physics, between behaviorism and cognition, between physiological determinism and free will, between John B. Watson and William James. Behaviorist John B. Watson, an adherent to the philosophies of classical physics, functionalism, and determinism believed that consciousness is nothing more than the product of causal events in the brain. These notions implicitly deny ... Read More 
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