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It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Essentials
Tailor
Brain
Tailors
Attention
Rehab
Someone
Learns
Gradually
Repetition
Endless
Riveting
Essential
Repetitions

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