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consistent with these findings. This patient is also fully consis-
tent with the findings of brain plasticity in later life reported by
Berlucchi (Berlucchi, 2011).
Summary and Conclusion
This case shows how positive emotional component of cog-
nition provides a template for re-learning how to learn in pa-
tients suffering from hypoxic ischemic brain injury. Had this
been done earlier in the course of treatment and cognitive reha-
bilitation, preferably as soon as practical after the patient had
presented with cognitive symptoms, this patient’s condition
might not have deteriorated to the extent it did and the patient
may have returned to function earlier. This case also serves to
demonstrate the application of learning and cognition to indi-
vidual differences and disabilities. Further research is needed to
evaluate whether this result is reproducible and generalizable to
other patients with similar presenting signs and symptoms.
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