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Some Cognitive Effects of Head Injury
SOME COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF HEAD INJURY:
by Craig Lock
“Compare it (your head) to a jelly in a bowl. The bowl is the skull – a strong, protective container – and the jelly (the brain) is nestled within. The skull is able to withstand many types of blows; but the brain is vulnerable to sudden swirling or rotating movements. Shake the bowl and see what happens to the jelly.”
– Dr Don Mackie, Emergency Specialist(in New Zealand)
This extract (in note form) is from a chapter from my manuscript titled MY STORY, MY DREAM Also LIVING WITH HEAD (BRAIN) INJURY (from ‘MY STORY’)
and his latest WHO WANTS TO BE NORMAL ANYWAY
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You look fine, BUT…
then “Who Wants to be Normal Anyway!”
Sharing some Information and Thoughts on Head and Brain Injury 