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    The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
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    The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back
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    The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back

    Written by Clark Elliott, Ph.D.

    Narrated by Arthur Morey

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    About this audiobook

    The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas.

    In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians-one a specialized optometrist, the other a cognitive psychologist-working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. He was substantially improved within weeks.

    Remarkably, Elliott kept detailed notes throughout his experience, from the moment of impact to the final stages of his recovery, astounding documentation that is the basis of this fascinating audiobook. The Ghost in My Brain gives hope to the millions who suffer from head injuries each year, and provides a unique and informative window into the world's most complex computational device: the human brain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJun 2, 2015
    ISBN9781501230394
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    The Ghost in My Brain: How a Concussion Stole My Life and How the New Science of Brain Plasticity Helped Me Get It Back

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    • 4/5
      I have a mild TBI. It effects my work and personality. Hearing other people stories help me understand I am not alone. The neurologists have blown me off. I went to the neurologist in house psychiatrist years ago. She was very kind to confirm my issues as TBI. I cried in joy, someone understood what was happening to me. When I changed insurance, she would not see me. Listening to this book was good for me. Hearing about depth perception was huge. I have lost some of mine therefore driving and hitting my head due to misjudgment is not fun. When I hit my head, the issues resurface again for months. It takes me an hour to type a letter at work instead of 5 minutes. I can’t get my thoughts together plus the sentences have left out words that I see when rereading it. Then after many tries or coming back to it, I find the mistakes. I have created new words that don’t exist. My employees try to help me stay on task. It’s hard. Remember you are not alone even if your friends and family don’t understand it.
      This book will be good for you or others trying to understand what’s going on. It helped my husband.

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