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Science of Survival: Struck by Lightning

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The Neuropsychological Deficits of Concussion

Dr. Marianne Cooper was one of the few medical doctors who even tracked lightning research. She says that physiological changes associated with the lightning actually look very similar to those associated with repeated traumatic brain injuries. The consistency of the brain inside the skull is sort of like jello, she says.

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