The Dilemmas Behind Creating a Better You
The dilemmas behind creating a better you
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Paralysed by a stroke, she recently drank a canister of coffee by using a prosthetic arm controlled by thought. She was helped by a device called Braingate, a tiny bed of electrons surgically implanted on her motor cortex and …. Neuroscientists are …
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Therapy for stroke patients improved
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In addition, the impact of the exercise therapy could be clearly enhanced when the sensitivity of the affected arm was lowered by an anesthetic, as the interdisciplinary Jena team was able to demonstrate. In their study, the scientists examined 36 …
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Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro's LBJ
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As president, Johnson could rise no further, and so Caro claims that his true nature can be discovered by chronicling his exercise of executive power. “Power always reveals,” he insists. But in fact something like the opposite …. We watch as Johnson …
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Hand Turning Exercises – Occupational Therapist Barbara is holding Bob’s arm while he turns his hand over. This is a major achievement, and so encouraging for the future. Barb made this splint for Bob… and it’s been very helpful in protecting Bob’s hand, as well as holding the fingers in a good position.
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