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2 of 5 November 4, 2011 9:56 PM Share this Like 4 Like 0 Tweet 0 0 2 comments Reporting Arezow Doost Filed Under Education, Healthwatch, Local, News Related Tags Brain Study, University of Texas at Arlington, UTA, veterans ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) As Brian Reddin looks over notes on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington he will be the first to tell you he is not your typical student. At 34 he s a little older that the traditional student, and says he has to study a little harder. It takes me probably two or three times as long to write a paper than my fiancée who is in the program with me, says Reddin. Besides trying to be a great student Reddin is also a veteran. The Army Sergeant recently returned from his last deployment to Iraq. Doing aircraft recovery I did lose soldiers, and I knew soldiers on the aircraft that I helped recover, explains Reddin I went and cleaned up the scene. I do have sleeping problems at night. Reddin decided to go back to school when he came home. He s studying social work, but realized it wasn t always so easy being back in the classroom. Reading a technical manual to a scholarly journal or article, it s hard to pick up a lot of things. You have to have a dictionary next to you. MORE He and other veterans are now part of a groundbreaking study
3 of 5 home, a lot of them are enrolling into College. At UTA, the college went from 531 veterans enrolled in the Fall of 2008 to 1,369 in the Spring of 2011. Many of the veterans are Advertisement These 4 things happen right before a heart attack. Know these signs before it's too late. 50 Scariest Movies Ever Cute Baby Animals In To Be Out FROM themselves being studied. MIT scientists have News uncovered the shocking University researchers are Local Business Consumer Politics Entertainment solution Get Healthy to erasing Texas Tech Weather using an optical imaging wrinkles. Sports Cowboys machine Rangers to study Mavericks their Stars NASCAR College Sports High School Sports Best Of DFW brains. These 4 things happen Shopping Theater & Arts Venues Events Offers right before a heart attack. The researchers want to see if there is a link Know these signs before it's too late. between trouble in class Contact Us CBS 11 TXA 21 KRLD 105.3 The Fan [Nov 2011]: Drivers with and Post Traumatic Stress no DUIs are eligible to Disorder. We are shining receive a 65% discount DFW Business Listings on car insurance.. a light # through A B the C skull, D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W explains Dr. Hanli Liu, a bioengineering professor at UTA In certain areas of PTSD patients, they have de-activation, which means some part of the brian is not doing the right job. Watch + Listen CBS 11 Video TXA 21 Video The Fan Shows Charley Jones The Greener Side Our Sister Stat Dr. Liu says the brain scanning device is much easier to use and less costly than using a MRI machine, where the patient could spend about 40 minutes in a tube. The scans allows researchers a peak into how fast the veterans think, and also into their reading ability. There's Quite a few of our participants have a pre-military service history of learing issues. Whether it s attention deficit disorder whether it s a reading problem that may have been addressed somewhat when they 2011 were CBS in public Local Media, school, a division explains of CBS Dr. Alexa Radio Inc. Smith-Osborne All rights reserved. an Assistant professor in the School of Social Work UTA. Privacy Policy Terms of Use EEO Reports About Us Powered by WordPress.com VIP She s also behind the student veteran project which offers free services to help veterans returning to school. Dr. Liu and Dr. Smith-Osborne say their work could also help auto
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