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Swede

(34,742 posts)
Thu Oct 26, 2023, 03:59 PM Oct 2023

Divergent Minds - by examining the behavior of people whose brains are atypical (due to stroke, injury, or

Scientists can’t dissect living people’s brains to study their function. But by examining the behavior of people whose brains are atypical (due to stroke, injury, or being born that way), we can learn a lot about all our brains.

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Divergent Minds - by examining the behavior of people whose brains are atypical (due to stroke, injury, or (Original Post) Swede Oct 2023 OP
Back when I was a Psychology multigraincracker Oct 2023 #1
"One thing they found was that often another part of the brain could take over some of the functions that were lost." sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #2
Also remember that not everyone multigraincracker Oct 2023 #3
I've seen this after gead injury Warpy Oct 2023 #4

multigraincracker

(34,208 posts)
1. Back when I was a Psychology
Thu Oct 26, 2023, 04:06 PM
Oct 2023

major, I had a professor that said the science owed a lot to motorcycle head injuries. They were able to look at the area of the brain that was injured and figure out its function.
One thing they found was that often another part of the brain could take over some of the functions that were lost.
This was back in the 90s.

sanatanadharma

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2. "One thing they found was that often another part of the brain could take over some of the functions that were lost."
Thu Oct 26, 2023, 05:37 PM
Oct 2023

"One thing they found was that often another part of the brain could take over some of the functions that were lost."

Consciousness uses the brain as a tool and make-shift tool for its own sake.
The brain does not create consciousness, but can certainly inhibit the expression of consciousness.

multigraincracker

(34,208 posts)
3. Also remember that not everyone
Thu Oct 26, 2023, 05:42 PM
Oct 2023

was the same. What worked in one brain injury didn’t work in all cases.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
4. I've seen this after gead injury
Fri Oct 27, 2023, 07:38 PM
Oct 2023

Guy was as ordinary as you can get, factory job. After the injury, he tested genius level in an area he claimed to have been a dunce in through school. Another one started to speak perfect Polish. One set of grandparents was Polish, but they'd always spoken nothing but English around their kids and grandkids. It happens and one theory is that the injured brain somehow gets out of its own way, allowing the uninjured parts to overcompensate.

It's rare, though, and certainly nothing anyone can count on.

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