UNIT 5: INSIDE THE BRAIN

TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF THE HUMAN MIND

THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF

For centuries the human brain has been thought of as
incapable of fundamental change. People suffering from
neurological defects, brain damage or strokes were usually
written-off as hopeless cases.
But recent and continuing research into the human brain is
radically changing how we look at the potential for
neurological recovery.

The Brain that Changes Itself, based on the best-selling book

by Toronto psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Norman Doidge,
presents a strong case for reconsidering how we view the
human mind.
Dr. Norman Doidge travels across North America to meet
some of the pioneering researchers who made revolutionary
discoveries about the plasticity of the human brain.

VOCABULARY
1. Incapable
2. Fundamental
3. Defect
4. Hopeless
5. Potential
6. Recovery

WHAT IS NEUROPLASTICITY?

the human brain is a surprisingly resilient and

adaptable part of the body.

LISTENING ACTIVITY QUESTIONS

1.What is the patients illness or problem?
2.What was their doctors initial prognosis?
3.How did their brain change?

Video link https://youtu.be/bFCOm1P_cQQ

ROGER BEHM, A BLIND MAN

CHERYL SCHILTZ, LOST BALANCE

MICHELLE MACK, BORN WITH HALF HER

BRAIN

MICHAEL BERNSTEIN, STROKE LEFT-SIDE

AND PARALYSIS