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Subject: Brain Age 2: My aunt had a stroke
The brain is a wonderfully pliant piece of equipment. My aunt recently suffered a very minor stroke. Out of nowhere she basically couldn't type at all, and her spell-checker basically uninstalled itself, 'cause it simply couldn't make sense of her words.
She saw a therapist this morning, and she suggested my aunt say each letter aloud as she types. The change was immediate:
While she's saying each letter it engages parts of the brain dormant when she's silent, and this segment seems to be relaying signals to the parts in control of the typing. In the same way people with bad stutters can speak clearly when they sing, the brain just re-wires itself any way it can.
It's nice to have her back. =)
Quote by My Aunt:sendin pic if jiss wen we wende out se slept in lynten bag
She saw a therapist this morning, and she suggested my aunt say each letter aloud as she types. The change was immediate:
Quote by My Aunt:she says it is only the brain signal and if i say all the letters out loud i can do it
While she's saying each letter it engages parts of the brain dormant when she's silent, and this segment seems to be relaying signals to the parts in control of the typing. In the same way people with bad stutters can speak clearly when they sing, the brain just re-wires itself any way it can.
It's nice to have her back. =)
BLEARGH
It must be increadibly frustrating.
