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Mind on the Brain

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A personal look at Traumatic Brain Injury. Read the full description.
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At 22, Marie Cotnoir ran her car into a telephone pole and sustained a severe brain injury. Six years later, she finds herself "recovered" and, on the face of it, completely normal, but suffering from lingering effects of her brain injury that leave her isolated.

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