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#5Thoughts Friday
The
Edition
7/14/2023
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Memory can be tricky. We assume that we’ll remember much more than we actually do. Then we run up against a moment of struggle, failing to pinpoint specific details of an event we’ve experienced, and we wonder how much of our lives we are fully taking in.
You might make a mistake because something you know doesn’t surface in the moment you need it; you have a frustrating, fuzzy sense of I should know that. Why does our ability to “record” sometimes fail us, and what can we do about it?
Training your brain to remember better requires focus
What we think is a memory problem is often actually an attention problem. As a neuroscientist and professor of psychology who studies attention, I’ve found that there are three critical things you must do to successfully remember something:
1. Rehearsal
Use your attention to trace over the information — the name you just heard as a new colleague introduced herself; the most important facts from the work training you’re in; the details of a fun experience you just had.
In school, when you studied with flash cards, that was a rehearsal; when you review the nuances of a joyful moment (e.g., a family wedding — the toasts, the taste of the cake) or a painful one, that, too, is rehearsal.
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Comeback Club
for Survivors of Stroke
and Their Caregivers
WHEN: Monday, July 24th, 2023
1:00 – 2:00 PM
WHERE: We’re hybrid! Join us at either of the following locations:
In person:
MedStar NRH Telehealth Conference Room
102 Irving Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
Online:
Meeting ID: 898 2837 5085
SPECIAL GUEST:
Alyssa Colbert, MS, CTRS/RRT
Community Recreation Therapist
And
Evelyn Sweeney, BS, CTRS/RRT
Recreation Therapist
TOPIC: Learn What TR & Adaptive Sports Has to Offer
FACILITATORS: Annie Kennedy, PT, DPT
Sonya Boltansky, MS, OTR/L, CBIS
Jessica Copperman, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS
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No one expected Jamie MoCrazy to live after her fall. The chances of survival are slim when the brain starts bleeding in eight spots. Her fatality report was written in the helicopter that took her to the Vancouver hospital where she would spend the next few weeks of her life. Family and friends waited, hoping for a miracle but fearing the worst.
She had been competing in freestyle skiing’s World Tour Finals in Canada when disaster struck. Having successfully completed her first run, ranking fourth in the standings, she cranked up the difficulty for her second and final run.
For the first woman to ever land a double-flip at the X-Games in slopestyle ski – an event where athletes race down a slope navigating obstacles – and who had been ranked among the world’s top two in her event for the three years prior to this competition, finishing off the podium was not an option. “You don’t remember the fourth-place finisher,” she tells CNN Sport.
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Brain Injury Connector Podcast is in Season 4 and we are looking for guests!
Because every brain is different, every brain injury is different, and every brain injury recovery is different, most individuals and families dealing with brain injuries have many more questions than answers. Join Bryan Pugh, Executive Director of the Brain Injury Association of Maryland, as he searches for answers by interviewing individuals with brain injuries, family members, healthcare providers, policy makers and other members of the brain injury community. Each episode contains powerful information to help you learn more about brain injury, discover new treatments and solutions, and meet inspirational people making meaningful impacts on their community by changing the world.
Join us and tell your story!
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Brain injury can cause changes in the way a person thinks, feels and behaves and can also affect their physical ability. This can sometimes affect the relationships they have with their friends. Many friends will not know what a brain injury is and how it can affect someone, and therefore may not be able to understand how and why their friend has changed.
Friends might also assume that once the survivor is out of hospital, they will be ‘back to normal’. However, for many survivors the emotional, cognitive and behavioural effects only become noticeable once they have returned home. The survivor might need time to adjust to their new circumstances, and friends might need to adjust accordingly as well. Learning about the effects of brain injury and identifying ways of offering support can help friends during this period of adjustment.
Continuing support and care from friends can also help the survivor to feel more positive about themselves and their circumstances, which can have a positive impact on their overall recovery and general well-being. In turn, this can have a positive impact on the friendship and it can become possible to move forward creating new memories together.
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At twenty-four, Arnold Beisser was a recent medical school graduate and a nationally ranked tennis player. But overnight a devastating bout of polio left him permanently paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on an iron lung to draw his next breath. Polio robbed Arnold Beisser of his strength, his athletic ability, and almost his life. Yet he discovered in this unthinkable trap not only the expected sadness and despair, but wonder, delight, and the pleasure of everyday living.
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1) Quote We are Contemplating |
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"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."
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HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!
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