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“The brain is a cultured organ. It depends on exposure to learn. Only a small part of learning is conscious.”
― Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

tags: brain, learning

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“Memory is tricky; stories evolve in the telling and retelling, with contributions from many parties.”
― Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

tags: evolution, memory, story

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“A person looking for help must keep in mind what help there is.”
― Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

tags: assistance, help, human-behaviour, medical

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“Illness is a socially patterned behaviour, far more than people realize. How a person interprets and reacts to bodily changes depends... Personal and societal role modes create expectations of health... Our brains are wired through experience to respond in a certain way to certain provocation.”
― Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

tags: expectations, health, illness, response-to-stimuli, science, society

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“At birth, the brain is a blank canvas that is full of possibility. A newborn has more brain cells than an adult.”
― Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

tags: babies, birth, blank-canvas, brain, possibility, science

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