| Description |
xxiv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Concussion. Midnight ; The size of the problem : the magnificence of the human brain ; Through the kaleidoscope ; The crash ; Something is wrong ; Do you know your name? ; Word maps gone awry ; Why are you here? ; Apple, scarf, tree -- Part 2: The components of cognition. Background ; The human machine is broken ; Balance in the symbolic world ; Visual/spatial patterns, shapes, relationships ; Time is a metaphor ; The building blocks of cognition and the metacognitive voice ; At least we can laugh : pain and humor ; Processing the audio signal ; Social challenges ; Physical changes ; Spiraling downward -- Part 3: The ghost returns. Meet Dr. Dots! ; Brain glasses ; The ghost -- Part 4: The science of brain plasticity. Donalee Markus and her designs for strong minds ; Deborah Zelinsky and the mind-eye connection. |
| Summary |
A musical prodigy and artificial intelligence professor at DePaul University documents his struggles with a debilitating concussion before working with two doctors specializing in brain plasticity who enabled his recovery. |
| Subject |
Elliott, Clark -- Mental health.
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Amnesiacs -- Biography.
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Brain -- Concussion -- Complications.
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Brain -- Concussion -- Treatment.
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Brain -- Concussion -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Neuroplasticity.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780525426561 (hardcover) |
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0525426566 (hardcover) |
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