I heartliy recommend Norman Doidge’s book ‘The Brain That Changes Itself’. It is full of interesting stories on the discovery of the plasticity of the brain – the stories of the scientists themselves, their experiments and the courage of patients with brain disorders. Of course Alexander understood plasticity of the brain yonks before through his personal experiments – he called the work a science after all- and it saddens me a little that he is rarely referred to in the general neuroscience world. However it’s also nice to read about the anatomy of the brain and how it functions, confirming the importance of inhibition and direction in his Technique. The book is available from www.waterstones.com £6.99 Penguin 2008.