Posts Tagged ‘Bill-Drayton’
Memory, Cognitive Abilities and Executive Functions
A misconception we encounter often is that “memory” is the only, or most important, “thing” that our brains do. And the only one we need to care for. We have a variety of cognitive abilities, from attention to processing speed to problem-solving to emotional self-regulation to, yes, memory. (And more). Even memory is not one whole…
Read MoreTBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), Iraq and neuropsychology
You probably have seen the news about Bob Woodruff’s own recovery and his articles now to raise awareness about the plight of Iraq veterans.In the article A Firsthand Report on the Wounds of War we learn how “Woodruff, 45, is launching a multimedia campaign that includes appearances Tuesday with Oprah Winfrey and on “Good Morning America,” and the release of a book (“ In an Instant”) written with his wife, Lee, about their ordeal.”“Woodruff’s reporting packs an emotional punch because he is, quite simply, a man who cheated death.… discusses what a great work the military is doing to prevent deaths of injured soldiers in Iraq-with the unintended consequence that rehabilitation services back in the US are completely overwhelmed.Neurophilosopher puts this problem in a wider context with DoD is neglecting troops’ mental health.For a better prespective, this is a quote from our interview with Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg on Cognitive Training, talking about the birth of modern neuropsychology during World War II:“Of course there weren’t advanced neuroimaging techniques those days, so scientists could only speculate about what happened in healthy brains.
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