Sometimes talent is sparked, or maybe just revealed, in the strangest ways. tags Abilities Born Brain DamageImagine having a stroke, a severe brain injury or a tumor and suddenly waking up one day to find you’ve developed artistic talents to rival Picasso. It sounds impossible, but the brain is a mysterious organ, and sometimes, damage causes it to rewire itself in ways that reveal new talents even in people who could barely doodle a stick figure. picked by Bingo 5 months ago |
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A rare and mysterious syndrome that causes people to sound foreign has become even more baffling. Ask Madonna. picked by bornbad 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world. 7 comments edit related share plime.comCreative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago |
A study of stroke victims found that damage to a specific area of the brain completely eliminated their nicotine cravings. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
However, he didn't adopt the role of laundry worker at the hospital laundry, perhaps because it was too far out of keeping with his real-life career as a politician. picked by DrNothing 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Most normal people said no. Most people with VMPC damage said yes. Interesting article that discusses brain damage, evolution, and the future of morality. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A brain isn't born fully organized. It builds its abilities through experience, making physical connections between neurons and organizing circuits to store and retrieve information in milliseconds for years afterwards. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Salon's got a good, meaty, heavily linked and referenced roundup of the damage done to the US economy and body politic during the Bush administrations. 8 comments edit related share politics*props again to boingboing* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago |
A Spanish driver who collided with a cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish newspaper reported on Friday. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Site dedicated to the damage to your home a Wii remote can do. 4 comments edit related share plime.comInspired by Punthes post HERE picked by DoggyLives 11 months ago |
WOMEN working out on Nintendo Wii Fit are helping to cause millions of dollars worth of damage to their homes. 4 comments edit related share plime.comIn Britain alone, it has been reported that bungling fitness fiends have contributed to a STG20 million ($A41.5 million) living room repair bill. picked by TheArtofLife 1 year ago |
Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person. picked by karenben 7 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
A dieter suffered permanent brain damage after being advised to drink six pints of water a day and cut salt intake to lose weight. Dawn Page, 52, has been awarded £810,000 in damages from her nutritionist, although the practitioner denies fault. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 9 comments edit related share weird |
When Cordelia Cowsill was born, her future looked bleak indeed. She was suffering from an incurable genetic condition for which the only possible hope was to have half her brain removed. Doctors warned her parents, Amanda and Martyn Cowsill, that their daughter would never walk, talk, cry or smile like a normal child - even if she survived. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Henry Makram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat brain. 'It is not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years,' he told the conference. picked by kakana 4 months ago 3 comments edit related share science |
Brain damage suffered on the field is said to have ultimately led to the suicide of former NFL defensive back Andre Waters. picked by cb__ 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share science |
A British toddler with an extremely rare medical condition has flown to New York for an operation to repair her damaged brain with superglue. Ella-Grace Honeyman, aged 17 months, was born with vein of Galen malformation, which causes tiny holes in the brain’s main blood vessels and affects only a few hundred babies worldwide each year. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills. picked by karenben 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Everyone knows too much beer can cause brain damage — but did you know alcohol might actually help cure it too? picked by suebe 2 months ago 7 comments edit related share science |
In a follow up to a story from last year, MRI scans on Jill Price, 43, who in 2006 was the first person confirmed to have "super memory," reveal two abnormally large areas in her brain. That discovery could lead to breakthroughs on how memories are formed and kept. picked by suebe 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |