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Oct 2019
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Everyday Neuro 016: Tackling Concussion ...

Dr Janine Cooper: Cognitive Psychologist, Neuroscientist, Neuropsychology researcher.
About this episode
In Episode 16, I discuss advances in research and technology that are attempting to provide new information to improve the safety of playing high impact adult and youth sports. I talk with Damien Hawes about an innovative mouthguard developed by HITIQ that aims to provide an incredible surveillance system that has the potential to further our understanding of the effects of high level impacts during sport on our brain health and cognition. I also talk about the role neuropsychologists play in a world of virtual reality and cutting edge technology.

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