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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| Rating | : | 4.31 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0525426566 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Clark Elliott, PhD, is an associate professor of artificial intelligence at DePaul University. He holds three teaching certificates for music, the B.M., M.M. (music), and M.S. (computer science) degrees, and a PhD from Northwestern’s Institute for the Learning Sciences with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. . He lives in Evanston, Illinois
Insight Into the World of Concussives and Some Surprising New Treatment Options. Many people keep diaries of their illnesses. An articulate and conscientious diarist stricken with an odd condition can be fascinating and insightful. After Clark Elliott, an artificial intelligence researcher at DePaul University in Chicago, suffered a traumatic brain injury in 1999, he kept a detailed jo. Changed my life I read this book after Changed my life SH I read this book after 4 years of trying my best to cope with a brain injury. Professor Elliott's descriptions of going to the grocery store, negotiating physical spaces, an unresponsive body, and the battery analogy were things I had been trying to describe without much success since my injury. I also exp. years of trying my best to cope with a brain injury. Professor Elliott's descriptions of going to the grocery store, negotiating physical spaces, an unresponsive body, and the battery analogy were things I had been trying to describe without much success since my injury. I also exp. "A true story that gives TBI people with hope ! ! !" according to lsreeger. For anyone that's had a TBI like I have & wondering if anything or any doctor can help you understand what happening or help you improve this is a very encouraging book. Mr. Elliott's condition after a fairly mild (at least this is what I feel) minor car accident is absolutely horrible. It's amazing he was
Dr. But through the brilliant descriptions that Clark Elliott provides, we can at least begin to grasp its devastating perceptual, cognitive, and behavioral consequences—its profound disruption of every aspect of normal daily life, of thinking and deciding, feeling and wanting, seeing and hearing, moving, and of our very sense of who we are. Szatalowicz, D.C., A.O., whiplash trauma specialist. “This is a remarkable document, by a remarkable person, the most meticulous and informative account I have ever read of the effects of a traumatic brain injury on a single mind. It would have been just another tragedy, but
As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians—one an optometrist emphasizing neurodevelopmental techniques, the other a cognitive psychologist—working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. 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. Within weeks the ghost of who he had been started to re-emerge. 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 book. 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.. At times he couldn’t walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. 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