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THE GHOST IN MY BRAIN
How a Concussion Stole my Life and how the new Science of Brain Plasticity helped me Get it Back
From a professor of artificial intelligence comes a powerful, timely and rare source of hope for the millions suffering concussions: the remarkable story of how, by retraining the neural optic paths in his brain, one man’s life was restored after 8 years of cognitive impairment.
In the tradition of Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of Insight (Viking 2008), Clark writes about his concussion from a car accident and the eight years in which he suffered short term memory loss, sensitivity to light, and balance issues. As a professor of Artificial Intelligence at DePaul University, he knew something was wrong, yet was unable to find a doctor who could treat him. He kept more than 1900 pages of notes over the course of his suffering, including details of how his brain was failing him, and how he could recover enough to make it through each day. He no longer felt human.
As a last resort, he found a pair of pioneering researcher-clinicians in Chicago who are using innovative treatments based on new research in brain plasticity (the science Norman Doidge made famous in The Brain that Changes Itself). Through exercises that are detailed in the book, they helped him train other parts of his brain (primarily his visual pathways) to compensate for the injured parts. He’s now fully recovered – the “ghost”, that is, his sense of being a person, returned.
There isn’t a book out there that explains in such depth and clarity what it is to be a “concussive.” And his recovery will inspire the many millions who suffer every day from undiagnosed symptoms.
Clark Elliott, PhD., is Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence at DePaul University. His work involves artificially recreating brain function.
As a last resort, he found a pair of pioneering researcher-clinicians in Chicago who are using innovative treatments based on new research in brain plasticity (the science Norman Doidge made famous in The Brain that Changes Itself). Through exercises that are detailed in the book, they helped him train other parts of his brain (primarily his visual pathways) to compensate for the injured parts. He’s now fully recovered – the “ghost”, that is, his sense of being a person, returned.
There isn’t a book out there that explains in such depth and clarity what it is to be a “concussive.” And his recovery will inspire the many millions who suffer every day from undiagnosed symptoms.
Clark Elliott, PhD., is Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence at DePaul University. His work involves artificially recreating brain function.
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Published 2015-06-01 by Viking |
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Published 2015-06-01 by Viking |