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She Was Missing a Chunk of Her Brain. It Didn’t Matter

A woman grew up without her left temporal lobe, which highlights how amazingly plastic the brain is. IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2016, after reading an article featuring a couple of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who were studying how the brain reacts to music, a woman felt inclined to email them. “I have an interesting brain,” she told them.

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  • Gozzin (edited 1 year ago)
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    I've read of people leading normal lives with more impressive chunks being gone or altered.The brain is an amazing thing.

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