• Question: do you agree that the brain is not fully unlocked and that we have the capability to do extraordinary things?

    Asked by jesus to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 23 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lorna Houlihan

      Lorna Houlihan answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Yes! Definitely. I think that we perform to the situation that we are in, and individuals who are in extraordinary circumstances do amazing things. I think the brain is amazing organ, with outstanding capabilities which are really far from been understood. My favourite example is the man with the rod in his head
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

    • Photo: Chris Needham

      Chris Needham answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      I’m sure we do. For example, with training we’ve seen that people can memorise whole packs of cards and more.

    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      A lot of people’s brains do have the capability to do amazing things, however the way they interact with people seems to be impaired through this. Have you ever heard of the film Rain Man?

    • Photo: Olivia Hibbitt

      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Hey jesus,

      yeah I think there is something in that! I saw a BBC article the other day about some guy who’d had a stroke and woke up from his coma with a drive to paint!!! There are lots of things we still don’t understand about the brain!

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      yep!

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    veatrix commented on :

    That example with the man with the rod in the head is crazily extraordinary!! I can’t believe that bits of his brain actually fell out :/ Uhh, imagine that… how did he survive such an event??? That’s incredible!