When we learn of Oprah Winfrey's success story, our brain takes note and concludes that maybe, we too may become immensely rich one day.

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If these movies existed, then surely whatever measly story was bubbling in my brain was not so preposterous.

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But for anyone, peering into the brain as we now can do, the physiological story is that trauma disrupts the balance of feeling, memory and decision-making.

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Mr Morgan works on the Galashiels-based charity's newsletter alongside colleague Kieran Robb who also told his story about his remarkable recovery as part of Brain Injury Week.

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Before the brain can fully digest the anguish and suffering of a story, it is being bombarded by the next news bulletin or the latest Twitter update, according to a University of Southern California study.

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Despite Shona Holmes' horror story about her inability to get timely treatment for a brain tumor, Canadian officials and doctors insist most life-threatening cases are treated quickly.

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However, as the story goes, a neuroscientist performing these studies happened to scan his own brain seeing the same patterns.

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