InfoGuides: PSYC 222 BioPsychology (Bosworth): Encephalopathy e-Videos/Books

Encephalopathy

Here are some streaming videos related to Encephalopathy from Films on Demand as well as book titles. Below is the RIT Libraries Catalog you can use to search for these topics. You can also search Films on Demand to find more videos not listed here.

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Sample Video Titles

Tackling CTE Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is linked to concussions or repeated head trauma, and leads to depression, neurological disorders, and sometimes suicide. Now, researchers are trying to diagnose the condition while sufferers are still alive.
New Study Links Athletes' Repetitive Head Injuries to Degenerative Brain Disease A 2012 Boston University study of the brains of deceased athletes linked repetitive head injuries to a degenerative brain disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks to Dr. Ann McKee, one of the lead researchers, and ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada about the evidence.
League of Denial : The NFL's Concussion Crisis The NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. This FRONTLINE investigation details how, for years, the league denied and worked to refute scientific evidence that the violent collisions at the heart of the game are linked to an alarming incidence of early onset dementia, catastrophic brain damage, and CTE.

Sample Book Titles

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): Impact on Brains, Emotions, and Cognition