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2017.
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The Colorado Brain Injury Program Hard to Serve Study was initiated by the Colorado Brain Injury Program (CBIP) within the Colorado Department of Human Services in partnership with the Colorado Brain Injury Collaborative (CBIC) to analyze whether and how individuals with brain injury experience difficulties accessing supports, specifically when the individual has complex needs such as medical, mental health, and/or substance use disorder co-occurring...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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"The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it's made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric living fabric. And there is no more accomplished and accessible guide than renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman to help us understand the nature and changing texture of that fabric. With his hallmark clarity and enthusiasm he reveals the myriad ways that the brain absorbs experience: developing, redeploying, organizing,...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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While most brain exercise books focus on preventing and treating memory loss due to aging and disease, this unique book takes it steps further, covering mental speed, visual-spatial acuity, language acquisition, sensory growth and motor skills. In addition to helping you recover brain function, the exercises will help prevent the loss of brain function due to aging and neurological disease.
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Pub. Date
2021
Description
Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to understand. How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons. Moving on to function, it explains how the brain works constantly and unnoticed to regulate heartbeat and breathing, and how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight,...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"How to eat for maximum brain power and health from an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition. Like our bodies, our brains have very specific food requirements. And in this eye-opening book from an author who is both a neuroscientist and a certified integrative nutritionist, we learn what should be on our menu. Dr. Lisa Mosconi, whose research spans an extraordinary range of specialties including brain science, the microbiome, and nutritional genomics,...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Author of the iconic bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind, Daniel Levitin turns his keen insights to what happens in our brains as we age; why we should think about health span, not life span; and, based on a rigorous analysis of neuroscientific evidence, how you can make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today, no matter how old you are now"--
Recent studies show that our decision-making skills improve...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape! How did the brain evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, YOU? Get an inside look at the human brain, the most advanced operating system in the world... if you have the nerve!"--...
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Pub. Date
06/19/2018
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Breakthrough research has revealed that through living a brain-healthy lifestyle, we can reduce our "brain age" to improve memory, hone sharpness, and reduce health risks as we age.Its normal for the brain to short-circuit every now and then-you put your keys in the fridge, or cant find the pair of glasses on top of your head. But what if there was away to eat, exercise, and live that could eliminate these "senior moments?" Ageless Brain offers a...
32) What about Will
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Trace's relationship with his older brother Will become increasingly complicated after Will suffers a traumatic brain injury and becomes addicted to pain pills"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Loss of memory and acuity is not a natural part of aging, and celebrated neurologist David Perlmutter, M.D., shows readers how easy it is to regain and maintain clarity.Most people can see the signs in their lives-they can't remember where they put their keys; they forget who they're calling mid-dial; shopping lists are the only things that give them an indication of why they've entered a store. However, these are not normal signs of aging. They are...
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Pub. Date
2012
Description
Hannah Manning was once an internationally renowned journalist and war correspondent; today she's a woman suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Unable to concentrate, full of pain, and haunted by her memories, Hannah goes to Ontario to her sister's small vegetable farm to recover. But Hannah experiences strange visions of a woman emerging from the icy-cold mist. Is the woman real or the product of her damaged brain? Which would be worse?
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely how parents can best put it into practice.
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author's latest stand-alone thriller, with a cameo by her fan-favorite character, Boston Detective D.D. Warren. My name is Nicky Frank. Except, most likely, it isn't. Nicole Frank shouldn't have been able to survive the car accident, much less crawl up the steep ravine. Not in the dark, not in the rain, not with her injuries. But one thought allows her to defy the odds and flag down help: Vero. I'm looking for...
39) Phantom instinct
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When shots ring out in a crowded L.A. club, bartender Harper Flynn watches helplessly as her boyfriend, Drew, is gunned down in the cross fire. Then someone throws a Molotov cocktail, and the club is quickly engulfed in flames. L.A. Sheriff Deputy Aiden Garrison sees a gunman in a hoodie and gas mask taking aim at Harper, but before he can help her, a wall collapses, bringing the building down and badly injuring him. A year later, Harper is trying...
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