Summary: Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia - meaning that his perception of words, numbers, and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. In this TEDTalk, the linguist, writer, and educator shares his art, his passion for languages, and a glimpse into his unique way of perceiving the world. Tammet is the author of Born on a Blue Day,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Is it possible to see an upside to having a stroke? It is if you’re Jill Bolte Taylor. As a neuroanatomist, she studied her own stroke as it unfolded and has since become a powerful voice for the possibilities of post-stroke brain recovery. In this TEDTalk, Taylor relates what she experienced while having her stroke, what she terms the “stroke of insight” that followed her brain attack, and how...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Doctors and researchers have new tools to better identify, study, and treat the brain and spinal cord lesions that cause MS. This program enters an MRI lab and presents informative case studies as it reveals state-of-the-art developments in the battle against MS. Topics include the four types of MS, MRI diagnosis and monitoring, sclerotic scars, and cognitive rehabilitation. Viewers will also...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009