#Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to parts of the brain that control speech and understanding of language. Many people have aphasia after a #braininjury. Learn more: hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditi…. One love #awareness #communication #difficulty #invisible #disability

Today I learned that, to avoid #braininjury, woodpecker’s tongues wrap around their skulls in a small empty cavity, which helps to cushion the blows! It works like a seatbelt protecting their tiny brains from damage. 🧠❤️ Learn more: abcbirds.org/blog21/woodpec… One love

Cognitive biases-can lead information from the wrong sources, seeking to confirm existing beliefs, or failing to remember events the way they actually happened! Here are the 188 known confirmation biases. Learn more: visualcapitalist.com/every-single-c… One love #brain #cognitive #bias

The Amygdala is a part of the #brain which controls emotions. Specifically, fear & anxiety. If you experience anxiety yours is overactive. Which overrides the logical mind and makes you more emotional, impulsive & less rational. Learn more: webmd.com/brain/amygdala… One love

#Aphantasia and #hyperphantasia recently coined terms that refer to the absence and superabundance of imagery, respectively. Growing evidence indicates that they have distinctive behavioural, physiological, and neural correlates. Learn more: cell.com/trends/cogniti… One love

A new study from BU CTE Center was with 481 brain donors of contact sports who died with #CTE. 25% developed movement symptoms that looked like Parkinson's disease. Learn more: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… One love #braininjury #awareness #invisible #disability

You know which part of the body has the highest concentration of cholesterol? Your 🧠! Cholesterol in the brain is involved in the communication process for neurotransmitters & play a role in the development of membranes in brain cell signaling. One love #brain #cholesterol

Author: Emma Louise Sinnott 💙 created The Better Conversations with Brain Injury for Kids is a FREE PDF. This is aimed at children who are in contact with brain injury survivors. Get your FREE copy here: ucl.ac.uk/pals/sites/pal… One love #braininjury #awareness #Invisible #disability

Forest= For Rest 🧠 🌳 One love #natureisknowledge

Tonight show we are having Seyma Calisgan calling in from the UK! Seyma is a PhD student at the University of Essex about Speech and Language therapy. She is researching central facial palsy management after stroke. Tune in: tbionelove.org/podcast One love #braininjury

This is a good visual… please share. One love #neuro #brainstem

Understanding our feelings can be challenging, but neuroscience concepts offer a way to describe the differences in our feelings and ultimately a better understanding. Learn more: abfari1122.medium.com/pleasure-vs-ha… One love #brain #happiness #pleasure

Pain, a universally experienced phenomenon. Yet, the way our brains interpret this signal is a complex process. Explore the intricate neurology of pain to the intricate processing within the brain-premierneurologycenter.com/blog/the-neuro… One love #brain #pain #nociceptors #neurology

Brain metastases occur when cancer cells spread to the brain. Any cancer can spread to the brain, but the types most likely to cause brain metastases are lung, breast, colon, kidney and melanoma. Learn more: mayoclinic.org/diseases-condi…. One love #brain #metastases #cancer #cells