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title: "The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: How I Left My Learning Disability Behind and Other Stories of Cognitive Transformation"
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# The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: How I Left My Learning Disability Behind and Other Stories of Cognitive Transformation

**Brand:** barbara arrowsmith-young
**Price:** S$37
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- **What is this?** The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: How I Left My Learning Disability Behind and Other Stories of Cognitive Transformation by barbara arrowsmith-young
- **How much does it cost?** S$37 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Very enlightening!
  

*by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 9, 2014*

This book is a godsend. Barbara Arrowsmith Young shares her story of discovering the reasons why some individuals despite being apparently intelligent, display difficult to teach learning behaviors.  The inconsistencies between what you would expect a person to be able to do (for example after successfully doing ten questions of  2 - digit subtraction with borrowing, have a 5- minute break and she/he has forgotten how to do it despite going through this routine of 2 - digit subtraction  every week ) and the actual performance  (the person gets frustrated and states that they CAN'T do it can make you easily pass judgement that the person  simply isn't trying hard enough or is just avoiding work. But with the insights obtained from this book, you get that 'Aha!' moment when you learn of how some people's thought process occur, and more importantly,  descriptions of how the author overcame those cognitive pitfalls by doing specific  brain exercises shines a light on possible solutions. The cognitive exercises are not explained in deep detail in the book due to their complexity and the need for constant tailoring to match the learner's performance in real-time as they need to be calibrated to just the right level to challenge themselves without being too overwhelming or impossible. This is where a teacher with experience and training in the method are essential in guiding the learner towards success and mastery of the various levels.

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    Overly Anecdotal and Self Promoting
  

*by V***V on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2019*

First I would like to say that I couldn't finish the book. I have a learning impaired child and very emotionally read through the first several chapters excited to find hope and inspiration.  The problem I had with this book was the lack of science and the abundance of confirmation bias. They only focused on their success stories, and even from those I came away not entirely convinced they had stumbled on a sound or truly innovative method.  Particularly with regards to the author herself, I expected a great deal of technical explanation of her methods and metrics.  It is quite possible to overcome severe  learning disabilities without intervention; people wake up from extended comas and I fail to see how she is demonstrating how her exercises specifically improved her cognitive deficits.  I continued reading with hope that this would occur, but never got there. Many references to brain anatomy with no real new information.  There was a great deal of redundancy and I tired midway through the book, beginning to sense this might in fact be an advertisement for the school (which did not return my calls BTW).  I will keep looking.  I hope this field remains explored as the author did present many compelling arguments, but we still have a very long way to go and I don't have time for inspiring stories right now.

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    Very interesting.
  

*by 0***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 12, 2012*

The woman who changed her own brain is an interesting and eye opening book. It discuses many learning disabilities and how people using the arrow smith school of learning were able to overcome them. Which in turn I have to say seems like she is advertising the school through out the book. The book hints at cognitive exercises that can with practice develop new neural pathways and or help activate the parts of the brain that are having a hard time functioning. As some one that suffers from a learning disability I was very excited to learn that there might be something I could do about it. However, i do not have the kind of money it would take to go to her arrow smith academy. In short, read this book if you want to read inspiring and interesting stories about people who have overcome their disabilities, but not as a book that will give u information on what to do about those disabilities other than go to her school. Im giving this book 4 stars because she does not list any options for the low budget person to get some help.

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