Neuroscience
Occupational Therapy (OT)
Today's
Science Times section of
The New York Times has a good feature article about the daily work of an Occupational Therapist working with patients who have sustained severe traumatic brain injuries.
Link to full text of article
-
Encephalon 32
Encephalon 32, A Neuroscience Carnival is now available for your reading pleasure at Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted). In other news, The Traumatically Brain Injured One post seems to be getting a large number of hits from this article...
-
Attention And Distractibility: Placing Science Waaay In The Backseat
A feature article in today's New York Times: Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks By MATT RICHTEL The New York Times Published: December 7, 2009 "Industry pioneers have long been aware of the risks of multitasking behind the wheel, but still marketed...
-
Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
-
Military Traumatic Brain Injury And Rehabilitation
An interesting feature article in tomorrow's New York Times Sunday Magazine: The Sergeant Lost Within By DANIEL BERGNER Published: May 25, 2008 "Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of them is Shurvon...
-
Business World: Avanir, Neurodex (avp 923), And Marketing - The Tension 'tween Hype And Help
Today's New York Times offers a good read about a fascinating aspect of contemporary pharmacology and medical marketing: the tension between hype and help - or - in the words of the journalist, "Is it a drug in search of a disease, or simply an affliction...
Neuroscience