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multigraincracker

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1. Back when I was a Psychology

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2023, 05:06 PM

Oct 2023

major, I had a professor that said the science owed a lot to motorcycle head injuries. They were able to look at the area of the brain that was injured and figure out its function.
One thing they found was that often another part of the brain could take over some of the functions that were lost.
This was back in the 90s.

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Back when I was a Psychology multigraincracker Oct 2023 #1

"One thing they found was that often another part of the brain could take over some of the functions that were lost." sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #2

Also remember that not everyone multigraincracker Oct 2023 #3

I've seen this after gead injury Warpy Oct 2023 #4