| From: | Greg Childress <greg@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Optional Metatypes, part 3: Sasquatch <OT> |
| Date: | Mon, 14 Jul 1997 00:59:39 -0400 |
>> Well, medically that same condition can arise in humans... that is a
>> person can hear and understand spoken speach perfectly fine, but are
>> almost completely unable to speak coherently. themselves. It had to do
>> with the connections between the parts of the brain for speech and
>> comprehension/cognitive activity (or something... the "Mind, Brain, and
>> Behavior" class that I took was two quarters ago.)
>
>Aphasia (of which there are two kinds, both of which I forget the names
>to. One allows you to understand speech but not produce words sensibly,
>and the other is more or less vice versa.) Not exactly an evolutionary
>advantage for a species to develop, is it?
>
>
Broca's and Wernicke's Aphasia's named after the people who documented the
cases. Not easy to imagine as an evolutionary advantage but then again
neither is the appendix for humans (at least now). Could be vestigial and
improper functioning of a facility that is not used (Prehistoric Awakened
Talking White Shamanic Gorillas next week on Geraldo!)
<greg>
walking the god and worshiping Dog
Shamanic Worldview
or
the dyslexic Delimiter.
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