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BIAMD's #5ThoughtsFriday - 03/03/2017
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#5ThoughtsFriday is
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MARCH
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BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH
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On
Sunday, March 12th
be sure to catch
BIAMD Executive Director,
Bryan Pugh,
on the
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Here are the 5 things we thought were
worth sharing with you this week:
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5) Do You Know the Eight Brain "Facts" Everyone Always Gets Wrong?
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1. A BIGGER BRAIN IS A BETTER BRAIN.
Nope. After all, humans believe we’re the smartest animals on the planet, but elephant brains are three times larger than ours. And whale brains? Forget it.
Intelligence isn’t about relative size, either. Human brains make up about 2 percent of our body mass, which is pretty impressive. But tree shrew brains are a full 10 percent of their body mass, and they drink beer for a living.
So when it comes to brains, size isn't the most important thing. Hominid brain size did increase as we evolved, but scientists say that the secret to our smarts is complexity. And nobody can beat us there; neuroscientist Gerard Edelman has even described the human brain as “the most complicated object in the universe.” Your cerebral cortex alone has between 19 and 23 billion neurons, and each neuron can connect to other neurons tens of thousands of times
2. PEOPLE ARE EITHER LEFT-BRAINED OR RIGHT-BRAINED...
To find out more and see the rest of the list, CLICK HERE.
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4) So my kid is much safer playing Flag Football rather than Full-On Tackle Football, right?
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Concerns about the rate of concussions among athletes and the long term effects of repeated head injuries lead to discussion that children under the age of 12 should not participate in contact sports such as tackle football.
The UI researchers studied three large youth football leagues with almost 3,800 participants. The research team compared the number of injuries, severe injuries, and concussions in players competing on flag football teams and tackle football squads.
The results of the study, published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, showed that injuries were more likely to occur in youth flag football than in youth tackle football. There was no significant difference in the number of severe injuries and concussions between the leagues...
To read more about the study, CLICK HERE.
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3) Sometimes when things are blowing up all around us and we have to stay calm, we could all use some "Tactical Breathing"...
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Dr. Belisa Vranich, psychologist and author of "Breathe," explains a breathing technique that will calm you down, even in the most stressful of situations — like a battlefield.
To watch the video demonstration, CLICK HERE
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2) What We Are Reading That You Might Enjoy...
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We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice.
But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens.
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.
But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history.
(Spoiler Alert: One of the main characters has to overcome a traumatic brain injury received in a car crash to help solve the mystery!)
For More, CLICK HERE.
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1) Quote We Are Contemplating...
“A good day is a good day, a bad day is a good story. At the end of the day, it’s all good.”
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"Partners in Progress" on March 23-24, 2017, is a multi-track neuro-conference focusing on issues related to: individuals with brain injury and family members, children and adolescents in the school system, advocacy, and professional and clinical training. The purpose of the two-day conference is to provide state-of-the-art information about brain injury treatment, services, research, and advocacy, and to improve collaboration and networking between individuals with brain injury, families and professionals.
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Did you enjoy #5ThoughtsFriday? If so, please forward this email to a friend! Got a story we need to follow or share?
Send it to info@biamd.org.
Want to find a story from a past #5ThoughtsFriday blog posts, visit the archive by clicking HERE.
Please let us know your requests and suggestions by emailing us at info@biamd.org or contacting us on Twitter.
Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Let us know! Just send a tweet to @biamd1 and put #5ThoughtsFriday in there so we can find it.
Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend.
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