How the brain can relearn what injury takes away

“How the brain can relearn what injury takes away”

For most of us, picking up a cup of coffee is unremarkable. The hand opens, the fingers settle around the cup, the wrist adjusts, and the arm lifts. The whole sequence takes moments. But when a stroke or some other sudden event interrupts this sequence, the coffee break is no longer a pleasure. A simple, familiar act suddenly becomes a major problem. Every year, 12 million new patients suffer a stroke. Another 69 million people suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI). At least 6,000 people in…