Social Cognition, Promoting Use Of Social Media, & Brain Injury with Lyn Turkstra, PhD.

In this seminar Lyn Turkstra, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD(A), speaks about social cognition problems that happen in brain injured people in terms of processing and understanding other people. She also shares the research & effort from her lab to promote social media participation and easier use for people with brain injury.

https://csd.wisc.edu/staff/turkstra-lyn/

This is Dr. Turkstra's second BBA seminar. Her first was on executive function and brain injury.

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This presentation covers a lot of great details about social cognition and brain injury problems. Also the discussion with brain injured people throughout the talk reveals the nature of these problems in a deep and personal way.

The brain injured individuals in the audience including Nick, Randy, and Nancy are all folks who have shared about their brain injury problems and experiences in great detail in the podcast Experiencing My Brain. With this podcast, the "invisible" problems get discussed to show how, for a brain injured person, these problems are not invisible. Rather they are daunting and misunderstood.

Please check out those podcast discussions here. Below are 2 episodes with each person, from top to bottom for Nick, Randy, and Nancy, respectively:

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The goal of the Experiencing My Brain Podcast and the BBA seminar series are to help fight the misunderstanding that surrounds brain injury problems.

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The Building Brain Awareness (BBA) To Help Support Brain Injury Recovery talk series includes clinicians and researchers presenting on brain systems and process, or on the unique nature of therapies that target TBI problems. Learning about such details can help promote more understanding of the invisible nature of brain injury problems.

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Disclaimer: The BBA talk series is for informational purposes only. This presentation is not intended to substitute for professional medical or therapeutic advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of a qualified healthcare provider with questions about brain injury treatment, diagnosis, or care. Never disregard any professional advice because of something you have seen as part of the BBA series.