Not exact matches
Justin Waring Crane is a pediatric occupational therapist
whose work with children has given her an understanding of the ways
brains develop and are affected by the world.
Volunteers around the world are
working everyday on programs, locally and online, to educate and support parents in raising children
whose brain neurons are forming each child's reality of love.
Considering I've
worked soooo dang hard through attachment parenting to establish and maintain what little bit of connection I could with these precious little ones
whose brain's weren't naturally wired to establish and maintain connection back... Not being «mainstream autism» is the BIGGEST compliment you could ever give me.
«We are interested in how a human
brain constructs over time to become the adult
brain,» says Nim Tottenham of Columbia University,
whose work focuses on identifying sensitive periods of
brain development from childhood into adolescence.
Paul Broca was a famous French physician and anatomist
whose work with aphasic patients in the 1800s led to the discovery of Broca's area; a small patch of the cerebral cortex just above the temple, specifically on the left side of the
brain.
Now, neuroscientists in Japan who are
working with survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami have identified one
brain region
whose size seems to predict susceptibility to PTSD symptoms and another
brain region that shrank slightly in people with the highest number of symptoms.
Individuals
whose brains exhibit the at - risk signatures may be more likely to benefit from strategies that boost the
brain's dorsolateral prefrontal activity, including cognitive behavioral therapy,
working memory training, or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
That suggests there are super-rare «unicorn» patients
whose unique glioblastoma and unique
brain, with its characteristic immune system and genetics, might be vulnerable to a drug or a combination of drugs that, overall, doesn't
work.
«We found that approximately 40 % of the
brain cells that process visual signals appear to receive information from mRGCs,» says Brown,
whose team reports its
work today in PLoS Biology.
Suspecting that the disease
works differently in humans,
whose brains are much bigger and more complex than those of lab animals, Brivanlou, along with research associates Albert Ruzo and Gist Croft, developed a cell - based human system for their research.
«Our cell cultures open new doors to
brain research,» says Prof. Dr. Jens Schwamborn, in
whose LCSB research group Developmental & Cellular Biology the research
work was done.
It was also good to hear that his group are doing more
work on the
brain organoids,
whose creation has already been explained in their group's recent Nature Protocols article.
Special kudos must be given to film editor Michael Kahn,
whose facility with these completely unhinged battle sequences should shame anybody who's ever
worked on a Michael Bay movie; to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who has given these scenes a dull grey cast evocative of nightmares torn from America's sleeping subconscious
brain; and to sound designer Gary Rydstrom, who has crafted a World War II soundscape that rattles and unnerves you even when your eyes are closed.
They're both great actors, and they're backed up by some truly outstanding ones: Anne - Marie Duff plays Edward's
brain - damaged mother,
whose narrative function is to
work up a discourse around Uccello's Hunt in the Forest, a painting of perfect technical execution and also roiling, deep darkness.
That critique comes to the fore in a brilliant, Buñuelian performance - art sequence that will lodge itself in your
brain for days, built around a terrifying turn by Terry Notary,
whose animal / creature motion - capture
work you may have seen in «Kong: Skull Island» and the recent «Planet of the Apes» movies.
«My passion is to understand how kids»
brains work,» continues Dave,
whose research focuses on the child - father attachment, particularly on paternal self - esteem and attachment patterns that repeat generation to generation.
It is the story of how adults can
work to «reset» children
whose brains and emotions have been damaged by exposure to violence, trauma, or neglect.
With some of my daughter's heartbreaking reproaches about my art practice seared in my
brain, I ventured out this week to see «To Be A Lady: Forty - five Women in the Arts,» a superb exhibition, curated by Jason Andrew, that features
work by many legendary artist mothers, including Louise Nevelson and Grace Hartigan who famously left their offspring to be raised by others, and Alice Neel, an unconventional mother
whose grandson Andrew's documentary reveals his father's deep resentment about Neel's choices.
The common misconception that art and science are so vastly different, that they never overlap, is discredited by two contemporary artists, Rusty Scruby and Shawn Smith,
whose work proves that the union of these two disciplines, like the
brain's neuropathways between our right (artistic) and left (analytical) hemispheres, is the sweet spot known as creativity.
Artist Sarah Charlesworth,
whose trenchant
work investigated pop culture by borrowing from and tweaking its imagery, died of a
brain aneurysm yesterday, according to her New York gallery, Susan Inglett.
It's «Don't Even Think About It: Why Our
Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change,» by George Marshall,
whose work on how disasters reinforce peoples» identities was explored here.
Fan's «
work» reminded me of an alcoholic I once knew who probably had once had a decent intellect but
whose brain was so frazzled he could only provide occasional flashes of coherence among the rambling.
First to Simon Fodden — the other Simon —
whose brain child this was, and who has stuck with us through thick and thin, and dedicated his significant technical and cultural skills to making this networked community
work.
Other key figures include Cari Sowden - Taylor, who is also «very well versed in catastrophic injuries», particularly relating to traumatic
brain and spinal injuries; Gwen Evans, who heads the firm's environmental practice and often
works alongside Neil Stockdale,
whose «very effective and experienced partnership dominates the Welsh market for group litigation»; and Iain Scott, who is an «expert in catastrophic injuries and high - end personal injuries» and is praised for his «ability to fight his corner».