HOW IE BRAIN LEARNS.
Some striking inferences have been drawn from an extraordinary case of word blindness reported by Mr. J. 11. Wood. A man fluent in French, Latin, and Greek, suddenly became totally blind to English, although that was his native language, but retained unimpaired his ability to read Greek and could still understand French and Latin with lessened clearness. This case with other results, including those of ambidextrous training in schools, suggests that memory is built up in lumps. One language, for example, is recorded in a part of the brain isolated from the impressions of previously learned languages, and it is possible that a brain lesion may obliterate any single language. As many mental faculties have their seat in the left side of the brain, it is asked whether both sides may not be taught one’s 1 mother tongue, thus insuring against the worst form of word blindness by a kind of extended ambidexterity.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 6, 23 January 1903, Page 2
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157HOW IE BRAIN LEARNS. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 6, 23 January 1903, Page 2
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