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Girl with half a brain develops 2-in-1 eye
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by LotusFlower | July 21, 2009 at 12:28 am
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The capacity for the human brain to adapt still causes amazement and this story when we delve behind the lurid headline is such an example.
Born with only one hemisphere of a brain this girl's brain appears to have adapted and 'rewired' itself to enable better vision than anyone could have predicted.
The right side of her brain failed to develop in the womb. But experts believe it rewired itself, with nerve fibres meant for the right hemisphere going to the left.
Losing one half of the brain usually means people see only things on their right or left. In this case, the ten-year-old, of Germany, can see as if she used both her eyes.
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at 02:41 on July 21st, 2009
The brain is amazing.
at 04:30 on July 21st, 2009
It would be interesting to know more about this and find out about her cognitive and intellectual capacity as well.
at 06:36 on July 21st, 2009
Wow! The human brain is incredible
at 07:47 on July 21st, 2009
Yes, now we know why the Scarecrow was so excited about the possibility of having one!
The brain is not just mechanism. It is dynamic. In essence, it rewrote its operating system based on a new configuration.
at 08:37 on July 21st, 2009
I've read that if surgery removes half the brain from a very young child, much of the chores are taken over by the remaining half. Good news for the little girl. Thanks for sharing.
at 11:57 on July 21st, 2009
Really amazing
at 13:52 on July 21st, 2009
Isn't it amazing what the blind and undirected process of random mutation and natural selection can achieve. The darwinian mechanism must be even more effective than I thought if it has evolved us brains capable of pulling of this miracle (heavy irony).