Neuroplasticity contributes to both the constrained and unconstrained aspects of our nature. It renders our brains not only more resourceful, but als….

All of us have worries. We worry because we are intelligent beings. Intelligence predicts, that is its essence; the same intelligence that allows us ….

Mind training matters. It is not just a luxury, or a supplementary vitamin for the soul. It determines the quality of every instant of our lives..

If you want to lift a hundred pounds, you don't expect to succeed the first time. You start with a lighter weight and work up little by little. You a….

We must be learning if we are to feel fully alive, and when life, or love, becomes too predictable and it seems like there is little left to learn, w….

Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors..

Nothing speeds brain atrophy more than being immobilized in the same environment..

Psychoanalysis is often about turning our ghosts into ancestors, even for patients who have not lost loved ones to death. We are often haunted by imp….

After the initial critical learning period of youth is over, the areas of the brain that need to be 'turned on' to allow enhanced, long lasting learn….

The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take in the world around us. It has g….

Not all activities are equal... Those that involve genuine concentration - studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing -….

We often praise 'the ability to multi-task.' While you can learn when you divide your attention, divided attention doesn't lead to aiding change in y….

Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, an….

Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity..

Ironically, some of our most stubborn habits and disorders are products of our plasticity..

Analysis helps patients put their unconscious procedural memories and actions into words and into context, so they can better understand them. In the….

Because it is a 'use it or lose it' brain, when we develop a map area [in the brain], we long to keep it activated. Just as our muscles become impati….

Analysis helps patients put their unconscious procedural memories and actions into words and into context, so they can better understand them..

Thought changes structure... I saw people rewire their brains with their thoughts, to cure previously incurable obsessions and trauma..

We all have what might be called a culturally modified brain, and as cultures evolve, they continually lead to new changes in the brain..

...an effective psychotherapist or psychoanalyst is a "microsurgeon of the mind" who helps patients make needed alterations in neuronal networks..