tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post3454467025337075813..comments2023-10-30T11:57:26.749+01:00Comments on SCREENVILLE: Temple Grandin : Thinking in picturesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-51906048134532599142010-08-21T19:36:15.265+02:002010-08-21T19:36:15.265+02:00"Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity..."Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one."<br /><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html" rel="nofollow">Stroke of Insight</a> TED talk by Jill BolteHarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-60224308745033906612010-08-21T19:33:19.169+02:002010-08-21T19:33:19.169+02:00"It’s almost impossible to imagine a world wi..."It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without words. But in this hour of Radiolab, we try to do just that. We speak to a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, and we hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke. Plus: a group of children invent an entirely new language in Nicaragua in the 1970s.&HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.com