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1. After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self
   August 9, 2009, 4:00 am
   - Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain trauma for clues to one of the most confounding problems in brain science: identity.
2. Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes, Almost for Real
   December 2, 2008, 5:00 am
   - Neuroscientists have shown that they can create a “body swapping” illusion that could have a profound effect on a range of therapeutic techniques.
3. Head Games
   September 13, 2008, 4:00 am
   - Most high schools and colleges fail to provide athletes who sustain sports-related concussions with the necessary testing needed for a full recovery.
4. The Sergeant Lost Within
   May 25, 2008, 4:00 am
   - Roadside bombs have caused hundreds of dire brain injuries to soldiers in Iraq. One of the injured is Shurvon Phillip, and a team of specialists has worked avidly trying to reach him.
5. Coaching the Comeback
   January 15, 2008, 5:00 am
   - A therapist helps to rebuild functions (and families) shattered by brain trauma.
6. In Latest Robotics, New Hope for Stroke Patients
   July 10, 2007, 4:00 am
   - A new robotic device is designed to help stroke patients regain motion in their arms.
7. The Disorder Is Sensory; the Diagnosis, Elusive
   June 5, 2007, 4:00 am
   - A diagnosis of sensory integration problems is not yet generally accepted, but the number of parent groups devoted to the issue has more than tripled in the last few years.
8. For War’s Gravely Injured, Challenge to Find Care
   March 12, 2007, 4:00 am
   - Cases of traumatic brain injury, a signature wound of the Iraq war, are leaving the military health care system scrambling.
9. Therapies Push Injured Brains and Spinal Cords Into New Paths
   August 28, 2001, 4:00 am
   - Many of doctors and therapists who help patients with brain injuries are using revolutionary insights about brain to coax nervous system into rewiring itself; much uncertainty remains about which patients, if any, are likely to benefit from specific treatments; amount of rehabilitation time that is covered by Medicare and private insurers is shrinking just as patients' options are growing; photos
10. New Theories Help Explain Mysteries of Autism
    December 28, 1999, 5:00 am
    - Scientists are developing provocative new theories to explain autism, inspired by new findings on the way animal brains develop before and after birth; hope to determine when in development and where in the brain the complex interaction of genes and environment causes things to go astray; are learning more about brain circuitry that gives rise to human traits like language, empathy and awareness that other people have beliefs and desires different from one's own; concede that it will take many ...

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