"You Owe It to Yourself": Discourses of Hope and Work in Brain Injured Individuals' Experiences With Brain Training Games

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dc.contributor.advisorMacDonald, Margaret
dc.creatorCagliostro, Elaine
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T16:41:18Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T16:41:18Z
dc.date.copyright2015-12-14
dc.date.issued2016-09-20
dc.date.updated2016-09-20T16:41:18Z
dc.degree.disciplineSocial Anthropology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractBrain training is a multi-million dollar market, with products that boast claims to enhance cognitive functions through the power of neuroplasticity. In this MA research I explore the experiences of individuals with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) who use brain training in an attempt to regain past identities or to create new and improved ones. The concept of neuroplasticity embedded in brain training programs represented hope to brain injured individuals: hope that they could regain skills that they have lost because of their injury. Brain training programs are also part of a larger theme of self-rehabilitation, in which individuals who were either neglected by the healthcare system or who wanted additional care turned to at-home treatments and programs. Finally, I argue that brain training fits with the dominant cultural imperative of health in North American society in which individuals must work to exercise self control and better themselves and their health in order to contribute to society.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32190
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectHealth sciences
dc.subject.keywordsAcquired Brain Injury
dc.subject.keywordsBrain injury
dc.subject.keywordsStroke
dc.subject.keywordsBrain training
dc.subject.keywordsNeuroplasticity
dc.subject.keywordsHope
dc.subject.keywordsIndividualism
dc.subject.keywordsLumosity
dc.subject.keywordsMedical anthropology
dc.subject.keywordsIdentity
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-rehabilitation
dc.subject.keywordsRehabilitation
dc.subject.keywordsDomestication.
dc.title"You Owe It to Yourself": Discourses of Hope and Work in Brain Injured Individuals' Experiences With Brain Training Games
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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