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  • Patient H69

    The Story of My Second Sight

    Imagine how it would feel to one day wake up and find your vision descending swiftly into darkness.Your fingertips are turning numb, and, as the world closes in around you, you realise there is nothing you can do to stop it.This is what happened to Vanessa Potter. In the space of 72 hours, Vanessa went from juggling a high-flying career as a producer and caring for her two small children to being ... Leer más

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  • Cognition Switch #8

    Series Libro 8 - Cognition Switch
    Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New IdeasIssue #8: August 2019Featuring Ideas by:Sujata Gupta, Lyra McKee, Henry Nicholls, Carrie Arnold, Vanessa Potter, Will Storr, Simon Usborne, Gaia Vince, Pat Long, and Catherine Carver ... Leer más

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    Finding My Right Mind

    Narrado por Vanessa Potter ...

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    When Vanessa Potter woke up one morning blind and paralysed, she was astonished to discover that it was meditating, not drugs, that saved her, helping her on the road to recovery. Working with neuroscientists on a unique ‘citizen science’ experiment, wearing a portable EEG headset that records her brain activity, Vanessa becomes a human guinea pig, investigating whether meditation can transform ... Leer más

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  • Bringing Down the House

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  • The Mind & The Brain

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  • Game Change

    The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey

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