Neuroscience & Neuroplasticity Expert; Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst; Author of "The Brain That Changes Itself"
Norman Doidge Biography
Dr. Norman Doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, author, essayist, and poet whose work has influenced the understanding of the human brain and neuroplasticity. Doidge spent three decades on faculty at the University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry and as research faculty at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He serves as a training and supervising analyst at the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis. Doidge also led the Psychotherapy Centre and the Assessment Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and taught in the Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Law, and Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Doidge is the author of "The Brain That Changes Itself," a book recognized for introducing neuroplasticity to both scientific and general audiences. The book presents case studies demonstrating the brain's capacity for change, including recovery from paralysis, hearing restoration, and pain relief through neural retraining. His follow-up, "The Brain's Way of Healing," received the Gold Nautilus Book Award in Science & Cosmology and expanded on the applications of neuroplasticity in clinical neuroscience. Doidge's work has been featured in medical journals and publications such as Wall Street Journal, Time, Daily Telegraph, Globe and Mail, and National Post.
In addition to his research on neuroplasticity, Doidge has published and taught on trauma, love, eating disorders, learning disorders, psychiatric diagnoses, and intensive psychotherapies. He has contributed chapters on research-based standards and guidelines for intensive psychotherapy in Canada and authored more than 170 articles in both scientific and popular outlets.
Doidge has received several scientific awards, including the U.S. National Psychiatric Endowment Award in Psychiatry, the American Psychoanalytic Association's CORST Prize in Psychoanalysis and Culture, the Canadian Psychoanalytic Association's M. Prados Prize, and election to the American College of Psychoanalysts. He was awarded the Mary S. Sigourney Prize and the National Association of Mental Illness Ken Book Award. His literary portraits in Saturday Night magazine earned four Canadian National Magazine Gold Awards, including the National Magazine Award President's Medal.
Doidge has presented at institutions such as the London School of Economics, the White House, the United Nations, Yale University, the Harvard-MIT conference on Learning and the Brain, the Royal Society of Arts in London, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience in Dublin, Peking University Neuroscience Research Institute in China, and the Sydney Opera House. He has hosted "Mysteries of the Mind," a television series on the brain for TVO Ontario. Doidge's career bridges neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and science communication, contributing to ongoing discussions about the capabilities of the human mind.
Norman Doidge Speaking Topics
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The Brain that Changes Itself: The Resiliency of the Brain
Norman Doidge Videos
Norman Doidge On The Brain That Changes Itself - YouTube
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