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 human brain, as we are now quickly learning, has a remarkable ability to change itself - to rewire itself.

Based upon the book "The Brain that Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge ; Originally broadcast as an episode on the television series "The nature of things, with David Suzuki" produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.