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![]() Hmm, when Micheal asked the question, I remembered a doco I saw on hydrocphelics who had full function with only 10% of the brain intact. A quick google search turned up:
http://www.h2net.net/p/nslade/Papers/how.html Hardly authoritive, and the fact it is 30 year old research does not inspire much confidence. > Glad to answer the questions. About the 10%. > I learned it straight out of my Psychology > Studies textbooks. If you care to go back > about 40 years you might be able to find the > textbook. :o) > About Phonics. Phonics is the old-fashioned > style of learning to read by sounding out > letters and combinations. Accuracy is > higher, as is retention and comprehension > according to tests done by several > universities when the controversy occurred > over the 'new' (old actually) method of > look-say teaching of reading occurred. > Phonics is the 'natural reader' method that > people who self-teach themselves to read use > unconsciously. I taught myself to read at > age 2-1/2 years since I had already learned, > like most children do, the sounds of the > letters "A is like apple". It's a > simple step to put sounds together and read. > Look-say is just what it says it is. The > student is supposed to recognize words by > their over all shape. I was investigating > look-say vs Phonics years ago when I was > trying to find a proper school for a > youngster who wasn't doing so well in the > public school system. > One teacher sat down and drew a bunch of > triangles upside down and right-side up > interspersed with a bunch of circles and > told me what it 'said'. I asked her to > explain and she couldn't. She said 'we just > teach them to know what it says'. I asked > what they did if they came across an > unfamiliar word and she said they figure it > out in context. Uh-huh. No, thanks! > My husband was taught look-say method and he > often does not read what something actually > does say despite the fact that he has come a > long way since he's been trying phonics. > Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks but > the real trick is to undo the habits of a > lifetime. > An interesting point: in the post-cold war > era it came out that both the United States > and Russia had been doing experiments in > ESP. The Russians began before the USA did > and had progressed to doing lots of things > like telekinesis and mind-reading > experiments both with people and other > animals. > Many Russians (and some US citizens) had > been taught how to do certain types of > extrasensory perception things. Even at the > height of this the tests indicated that the > brain was very minimally involved compared > to its potential. > Oddly, the more highly developed the > primitive centers of the brain are, the more > accomplished people are at remote viewing, > telekinesis, healing, and so on. > For all those who think space is the final > frontier, you might like to look a little > closer to home. What we DON'T understand > about the human body, and the brain in > particular, would fill a library and then > some. > Hope this clarifies a few things. I don't > have time or inclination to spend looking up > very old references or even new ones but if > you feel so inclined, please share with the > rest of us. > Sandi |
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