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I remember seeing a documentary, I'd say something like 20 years ago, about a kid (I think) who was shot in the head, survived, had close to half of his brain g
by glandium 5y ago
I remember seeing a documentary, I'd say something like 20 years ago, about a kid (I think) who was shot in the head, survived, had close to half of his brain gone, and his brain had figured ways to make it all work after a while, rearranging neural pathways. He was functioning more or less as if he had his full brain, except for the obvious hole in his skull. I don't remember much more details, though.
- HL33tibCe7 5y agoAhad Israfil perhaps
- zdragnar 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage Is the seminal example of the brain's adaptability. A more recent example is a teen in the US who was accidentally shot in the head with a spear gun used for fishing. He was awake and talking with his doctors while they initially triaged him- apparently, getting over the abject, visceral reaction of seeing someone with feet of spear sticking out either side of their head was the first difficulty the doctors faced.
- agumonkey 5y agothis makes alzheimer's disease even more pernicious ..
- JJMcJ 5y agoThere was an adult man, I think in France, who was living a perfectly normal life. It was discovered that he basically did not have a brain cortex, which is what is supposed to contain all our higher functions. So there's a lot going on that we don't fully understand in how our brains can compensate.