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The ghost in my brain : how a concussion stole my life and how the new science of brain plasticity helped me get it back / by Elliott, Clark.(CARDINAL)463984;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1: Concussion. Midnight ; The size of the problem : the magnificence of the human brain ; Through the kaleidoscope ; The crash ; Something is wrong ; Do you know your name? ; Word maps gone awry ; Why are you here? ; Apple, scarf, tree -- Part 2: The components of cognition. Background ; The human machine is broken ; Balance in the symbolic world ; Visual/spatial patterns, shapes, relationships ; Time is a metaphor ; The building blocks of cognition and the metacognitive voice ; At least we can laugh : pain and humor ; Processing the audio signal ; Social challenges ; Physical changes ; Spiraling downward -- Part 3: The ghost returns. Meet Dr. Dots! ; Brain glasses ; The ghost -- Part 4: The science of brain plasticity. Donalee Markus and her designs for strong minds ; Deborah Zelinsky and the mind-eye connection."In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians--one an optometrist emphasizing neurodevelopmental techniques, the other a cognitive psychologist--working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. Within weeks the ghost of who he had been started to re-emerge. Remarkably, Elliott kept detailed notes throughout his experience, from the moment of impact to the final stages of his recovery, astounding documentation that is the basis of this fascinating book. The Ghost in My Brain gives hope to the millions who suffer from head injuries each year, and provides a unique and informative window into the world's most complex computational device: the human brain"--Provided by publisher."The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas. In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn't walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians--one an optometrist emphasizing neurodevelopmental techniques, the other a cognitive psychologist--working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. Within weeks the ghost of who he had been started to re-emerge. Remarkably, Elliott kept detailed notes throughout his experience, from the moment of impact to the final stages of his recovery, astounding documentation that is the basis of this fascinating book. The Ghost in My Brain gives hope to the millions who suffer from head injuries each year, and provides a unique and informative window into the world's most complex computational device: the human brain"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Elliott, Clark; Amnesiacs; Brain;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 11
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Biographical dictionary of American science : the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries / by Elliott, Clark A.(CARDINAL)196431; Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory,1943-(CARDINAL)201375;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Scientists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The ghost in my brain [sound recording] : how a concussion stole my life and how the new science of brain plasticity helped me get it back / by Elliott, Clark(Clark Davidson),author.; Morey, Arthur,narrator.;
Director, Jerry Maybrook.Read by Arthur Morey.The dramatic story of one man's recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumas. In 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a concussion when his car was rear-ended. Overnight his life changed from that of a rising professor with a research career in artificial intelligence to a humbled man struggling to get through a single day. At times he couldn t walk across a room, or even name his five children. Doctors told him he would never fully recover. After eight years, the cognitive demands of his job, and of being a single parent, finally became more than he could manage. As a result of one final effort to recover, he crossed paths with two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians one a specialized optometrist, the other a cognitive psychologist working on the leading edge of brain plasticity. He was substantially improved within weeks. <br><br>Remarkably, Elliott kept detailed notes throughout his experience, from the moment of impact to the final stages of his recovery, astounding documentation that is the basis of this fascinating audiobook. "The Ghost in My Brain" gives hope to the millions who suffer from head injuries each year, and provides a unique and informative window into the world's most complex computational device: the human brain.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Elliott, Clark (Clark Davidson); Brain; Brain; Neuroplasticity.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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I & I / by Clarke, George Elliott.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 237).
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lasso the wind : Aurélia's verses and other poems / by Clarke, George Elliott,author.(CARDINAL)761869; Tooke, Susan,illustrator.(CARDINAL)705094;
For middle-grade readers.
Subjects: Poetry.; Children's poetry, Canadian (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blacks in Canada : a history / by Winks, Robin W.,author.(CARDINAL)137022; Clarke, George Elliott,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)761869;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Slavery in New France, 1628-1760 -- Slavery, the loyalists, and english Canada, 1760-1801 -- "Back to Africa," 1791-1801 -- The attack on slavery in British North America, 1793-1833 -- The refugee negroes -- The coming of the fugitive slave, 1815-1870 -- A continental abolitionism? -- West of the rockies -- To the Nadir, 1865-1930 -- Source of strength? -- the church -- Source of strength? -- the schools -- Source of strength? -- the press -- Self-help and a new awakening, 1930-1970 -- The black tile in the mosaic."One of the first sweeping and detailed histories of African-Canadians, Blacks in Canada journeys from the introduction of slavery in 1628 to the first wave of Caribbean immigration in the 1950s and 1960s. Heralded in the Literary Review of Canada as one of the one hundred most important Canadian books, this enduring work by Yale University's Randolph W. Townsend Jr Professor of History Robin W. Winks (1930-2003) offers a wealth of information for fresh interpretation. Now, fifty years from its original printing, this third edition includes a foreword by George Elliott Clarke, E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. Clarke's contribution adds a necessary critical lens through which twenty-first-century readers should view Winks's research. The longevity of Blacks in Canada is due to an impressive array of primary and secondary materials that illuminate the experiences of Black immigrants to Canada. These experiences include the forced migration of enslaved Black people brought to Nova Scotia and the Canadas by Loyalists at the end of the American Revolution, Black refugees who fled to Nova Scotia following the War of 1812, Jamaican Maroons, and fugitive slaves who fled to British North America. The book also highlights Black West Coast businessmen who helped found British Columbia, particularly Victoria, and Black settlement in the prairie provinces. Crucially, Blacks in Canada investigates the French and English periods of slavery, the abolitionist movement in Canada, and the role played by Canadians in the broader continental antislavery crusade, as well as Canadian adaptations to nineteenth- and twentieth-century racial mores."--
Subjects: Black people; Black people; Black Canadians; Black Canadians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Elliott Family / by Greer, Howard.(CARDINAL)216767;
Subjects: Clark family.; Eldreth family.; Elliott family.; Greer family.; Miller family.; Mitchell family.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Elliott family / by Rash, Winifred.;
Subjects: Barr family.; Clark family.; Klein family.; Eldreth family.; Elliott family.; Farmer family.; Goss family.; Green family.; Greer family.; Hamm family.; Hoffman family.; Jones family.; Miller family.; Osborne family.; Rash family.; Richardson family.; Roten family.; Shepard family.; Watson family.; Weaver family.; Wyatt family.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Incomparable [sound recording] / by Evans, Faith,1973-performer.; Elliott, Missyperformer.; Sharaya J,performer.; Wyatt, Keke,performer.; Problem,performer.; Slade, B.,performer.; Clark-Sheard, Karenperformer.;
Performed by Faith Evans ; with accompaniment.
Subjects: Rhythm and blues music.; Soul music.; Popular music;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The golden age of gospel / by Boyer, Horace Clarence,1935-2009.(CARDINAL)779928;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-263) and index.
Subjects: Gospel music;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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