RE: Brain_disease_shaped_Ravel's_Bolero

From: Wade T. Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 23:22:55 GMT

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    Hi salice@gmx.net -

    >Btw, isn't it true that when one part of the brain is damaged or
    >unfunctional the functionality gets partly rebuilt in another part of
    >the brain?

    Yes, mostly. There are several functions which can be transferred,
    although not as efficiently.

    Speech, for instance, is not as fluent, although speech recognition and
    understanding is just as adept.

    - Wade

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