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Healing the Brain with Familiar Stories

LG Taylor, Neighbor

neuro.RAPT continues its exclusive four part bi-weekly docu-byte series on Severe Traumatic Brain Injury for both our veteran and civilian population.

led by Dr. Theresa Pape, a clinical neuroscientist at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital and Research Associate Professor at Northwestern University.

Episode 3: Healing the Brain with Familiar Stories

1) How does the brain repair itself after a severe Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI")?
2) What is neural plasticity?
3) How do familiar stories told by familiar voices heal the brain?

For those who missed:
Episode 1: A Journey into Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Episode 2: Common Brain Lesions Associated with Severe TBI


For more information about neuro.RAPT's educational programming, please visit: www.neurorapt.com

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