“You have a real civil war for four to six weeks, because your brain is pulling you one way and you are pushing in another, but when it works, it is very powerful,” he says.
Doidge says he is not anti-medication, but wonders if therapies that tap into neuroplasticity will soon replace drug treatments for certain conditions.
“We can change our brains by sensing, imagining and acting in the world. It’s economical and mostly low-tech, and I’m very, very hopeful,” he says.
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