Neuroscience
In The Brave One, Jodie Foster plays a public radio talk show host who becomes the victim of a shocking, violent, and brutal crime that leaves her in a coma for three weeks. From a clinical standpoint, she clearly sustained traumatic brain injury from the severe beating, but in typical Hollywood fashion she shows absolutely no post-traumatic amnesia and no cognitive or behavioral deficits.
Well, she does buy an illegal, unregistered handgun, and then becomes a vigilante. The movie doesn't suggest that her change in personality is a direct consequence of TBI, but rather an extreme reaction to intense feelings of fear and loss. People keep asking her, "how do you put the pieces of your life back together?" and she answers, "you don't, you become a different person."
- Traumatic Brain Injury (tbi)
The current issue of the journal "Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation" has a six-article collection providing the so-called "INCOG Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury"Specific topics include: post-traumatic amnesia...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Tbi Clinical Trials
Today's recommended reading addresses proposed efficacy measures for use in clinical trials related to traumatic brain injury (TBI): Bagiella E, Novack TA, Ansel B, Diaz-Arrastia R, Dikmen S, Hart T, & Temkin N. Measuring Outcome in Traumatic Brain...
- Business World: Synthetic Blood International, Inc. And Traumatic Brain Injury
From a company press release:Synthetic Blood Announces Positive Results from Traumatic Brain Injury Preclinical Study COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2005--Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (OTCBB:SYBD) today announced that...
- Abstract Of The Day: Web-based Intervention In Traumatic Brain Injury
Wade SL, Wolfe C, Brown TM, & Pestian JP. Putting the Pieces Together: Preliminary Efficacy of a Web-Based Family Intervention for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2005 Jul; 30(5): 437-442. Division of Pediatric...
- Abstract Of The Day: Deficit Awareness In Traumatic Brain Injury
Hart T, Sherer M, Whyte J, Polansky M, Novack TA. Awareness of behavioral, cognitive, and physical deficits in acute traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85:1450-6. OBJECTIVE: To compare awareness of deficit in 3 domains of function...
Neuroscience
The Traumatically Brain Injured One
The Brave One (2007) - Jodie Foster
In The Brave One, Jodie Foster plays a public radio talk show host who becomes the victim of a shocking, violent, and brutal crime that leaves her in a coma for three weeks. From a clinical standpoint, she clearly sustained traumatic brain injury from the severe beating, but in typical Hollywood fashion she shows absolutely no post-traumatic amnesia and no cognitive or behavioral deficits.
Well, she does buy an illegal, unregistered handgun, and then becomes a vigilante. The movie doesn't suggest that her change in personality is a direct consequence of TBI, but rather an extreme reaction to intense feelings of fear and loss. People keep asking her, "how do you put the pieces of your life back together?" and she answers, "you don't, you become a different person."
- Traumatic Brain Injury (tbi)
The current issue of the journal "Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation" has a six-article collection providing the so-called "INCOG Guidelines for Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury"Specific topics include: post-traumatic amnesia...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Tbi Clinical Trials
Today's recommended reading addresses proposed efficacy measures for use in clinical trials related to traumatic brain injury (TBI): Bagiella E, Novack TA, Ansel B, Diaz-Arrastia R, Dikmen S, Hart T, & Temkin N. Measuring Outcome in Traumatic Brain...
- Business World: Synthetic Blood International, Inc. And Traumatic Brain Injury
From a company press release:Synthetic Blood Announces Positive Results from Traumatic Brain Injury Preclinical Study COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2005--Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (OTCBB:SYBD) today announced that...
- Abstract Of The Day: Web-based Intervention In Traumatic Brain Injury
Wade SL, Wolfe C, Brown TM, & Pestian JP. Putting the Pieces Together: Preliminary Efficacy of a Web-Based Family Intervention for Children with Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2005 Jul; 30(5): 437-442. Division of Pediatric...
- Abstract Of The Day: Deficit Awareness In Traumatic Brain Injury
Hart T, Sherer M, Whyte J, Polansky M, Novack TA. Awareness of behavioral, cognitive, and physical deficits in acute traumatic brain injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85:1450-6. OBJECTIVE: To compare awareness of deficit in 3 domains of function...