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Fascinating for people who have TBI “Human Thought Lags Behind Sensor Speed : Neuroscience News

Why does the brain process one thought at a time rather than many in parallel the way our sensory systems do? Credit: Neuroscience News Human Thought Lags Behind Sensory Speed Featured Neuroscience ·December 30, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals that … Continue reading

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Slate : search canisgallicus.com Thread over the decades about the Royal City of Dublin hospital, Upper Baggot Street, a Cinderella hospital which could have such potential in the field of Neurology Mental Illness and becoming a centre of excellence. Recently a young English accent man and his photographer entered through the roof space and filmed a hospital where the last person walking out just said “shut the door”… Back to this article below: On the Shoulders of Giants. Psychiatry neurology need to be like other countries and have a centre of excellence. Our young people and at all age groups deserve this. Aside: Financial Times today 23rd December 2024 writes about the Italian City and community for people who suffer from mental illness. Trieste. Links

What the World Can Learn From an Italian City’s Approach to Mental Health By Kerry Morrison March 13, 202310:30 AM TweetShareComment This article is co-published with Zócalo Public Square. Mental illness haunts me in two different ways. The first surrounds me, living and working … Continue reading

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Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia. Comment: it took decades post TBI for me to understand the loss! You are operating in the “now” but you cannot imagine or visualise as you once did. The change becomes the issuse and it is mingled in with deafness in one ear, olfactory sense of smell gone, brocas you can understand the situation but you can’t find the words to express … etc. You realise the 1990’s consultant neurologists knew so very little. There was one neuropsychologist and she assessed losses but again it is decades of change, with real change happening now.

Aphantasics are unlikely to have involuntary visualisations. Credit: Neuroscience News Visual Silence: Exploring Aphantasia FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience December 15, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals that aphantasics, people unable to visualize, are more resistant to involuntary visual thoughts, such as imagining a … Continue reading

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FastCompany: Why empathy should be your top leadership priority

https://c0c01757ef61b25e44e2e1dc034ec4ba.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html 12-16-2024 HOW TO BE A SUCCESS AT EVERYTHING Why empathy should be your top leadership priority BY Aytekin Tank3 minute read As a father of three, I’ve seen firsthand that people are naturally empathetic—my kids, for example, can’t help but … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News.com: How the Brain Processes Visual Information

Targeted or Broadcast? How the Brain Processes Visual Information Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience ·December 17, 2024 Summary: Researchers have uncovered how visual information is processed across the brain’s complex and flexible networks. One study showed visual signals are selectively targeted or … Continue reading

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FT suggestions today: Article to read free. Mental illness and Hope. This article is from New Atlas September 23rd 2024 but I suggest you read both. Uppsala University

Mental Health Tetris: The surprise therapy for PTSD flashbacks By Abhimanyu Ghoshal September 23, 2024 This classic video game from the 80s is good for more than just keeping you occupied Tom Tang / Unsplash View 2 Images A study conducted by … Continue reading

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Broca’s Aphasia explained. Previous article in Nature is about how science is progressing. Experienced Brocas as a result of TBI – this sums up the frustration in trying to speak with people “It takes a lot of effort to say a complete sentence so you may remove certain words to make it easier.” So that people understand Brocas, we will look at what the Cleveland Clinic has to say. There is one positive point to Brocas, you become a good listener.

Home/ Health Library/ Diseases & Conditions/ Broca’s Aphasia Broca’s Aphasia Broca’s aphasia is a language disorder that affects communication. You know what to say but have trouble speaking. It takes a lot of effort to say a complete sentence so … Continue reading

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Nature: Brain’s language region seen in unprecedented detail. (TBI explained to me as “everything inside the protective skull is shaken especially if horseriding”). Brocas is one of the most difficult impediments because it is silent to the outsider world other than people find it difficult to understand your construction of sentences to fact and meaning.

Brain’s language region seen in unprecedented detail A new cellular atlas of Broca’s area will help studying how speech is produced and understood. Leggi in italiano An international research team has created the first cell-by-cell atlas of a part of … Continue reading

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Neuroscience News.com: Sitting down and Brain Health: it is what you are doing that makes a difference. TV/Gaming not so good but knitting, reading… these are good for brain health

Some Sedentary Activities Are Good For Brain Health FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience ·December 16, 2024 Summary: New research highlights that some sedentary activities, like reading or crafting, are better for brain health than others, such as watching TV or gaming. A study of 397 … Continue reading

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Brain-Wide Connections Predict Human Intelligence

Brain-Wide Connections Predict Human Intelligence FeaturedNeuroscience ·December 11, 2024 Summary: A recent study explores how connections across the entire brain predict human intelligence, moving beyond traditional focus on specific brain areas like the prefrontal cortex. Using fMRI data from over 800 … Continue reading

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