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Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain
www.newscientist.com ^
| 09-11-2014
| Staff
Posted on 09/12/2014 6:25:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Somebody should pull out the Homer Simpson brain X-ray picture ......
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:37:02 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: Right Brother; Red Badger
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:38:01 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: kjam22
No, no... not an airhead. Didn’t you read the article?
If anything she’s a “cerebrospinal fluid head”.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:38:17 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Red Badger
A detailed description of how the disorder affects a living adult is almost non-existent, say doctors from the Chinese hospital, because most people with the condition die at a young age and the problem is only discovered on autopsy. Wow. This woman is the only documented person ever to reach adulthood without her cerebellum. Its amazing but also probably sad and depressing for her because it probably means she won't live much longer. Its also amazing how her brain has tried to compensate by having other parts take over for the cerebellum. Goes to show how amazing our brains are.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:38:34 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: wally_bert
"Green eyes? Guess the movie reference."
Big trouble in little China
To: Red Badger
A woman has reached the age of 24 without anyone realising she was missing a large part of her brain. That should qualify her for a job in the Obama White Hut.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:40:55 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(If I have a son, I am going to name him Bill, George, Sue, anything but Barack Hussein Obama)
To: Red Badger
A Chinese woman who’s speech was unintelligible until she was 6? That puts her ahead of the rest of the population.
To: NorthMountain
Yes, it is. I’m no neuroscientist or molecular biologist, but I can’t fathom how this ability to adapt could be encoded in DNA.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:41:28 AM PDT
by
butterdezillion
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To: NorthMountain
Exactly. Truly amazing! It is interesting too that it did find a way to adapt and as you mentioned just how long (or short of time considering the situation! it took)
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:42:09 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: MrB
Somewhere there.... there is a joke about spinaltap. I dunno..
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:42:10 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: Red Badger
Xinhua News Agency reports her name to be Nan’se P’lo-se . . . .
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:43:56 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(Peace through Superior Firepower. . . .)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Do you have a link for that? I like to give my son links to interesting stories that fit with what’s in his psychology textbook, and it’s been talking about peculiarities of brain function.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:44:32 AM PDT
by
butterdezillion
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To: Red Badger
Doctors did a CAT scan and immediately identified the source of the problem her entire cerebellum was missing (see scan, below left). The space where it should be was empty of tissue. Did the doctors inspect the CAT scan to see if the missing area hadn't simply been covered with white-out by one of the blonde nurses?
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:45:19 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: butterdezillion
Not just encoded,
but a product of random mutation, natural selection, and lots of time....
nope, not possible.
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:45:28 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
“Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum.” Why did I immediately believe she had 24 children? And what does that say about childbearing, or me?
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:46:03 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: Red Badger
Teenage Lobotomy - by The Ramones
Lobotomy! Lobotomy! Lobotomy! Lobotomy!
DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I’ll have to break the news
That I’ve got no mind to lose
All the girls are in love with me
I’m a teenage lobotomy
Slugs and snails are after me
DDT keeps me happy
Now I guess I’ll have to tell ‘em
That I got no cerebellum
Gonna get my Ph.D.
I’m a teenage lobotomy
Lobotomy! Lobotomy! Lobotomy! Lobotomy!
DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I’ll have to break the news
That I’ve got no mind to lose
All the girls are in love with me
I’m a teenage lobotomy
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:46:27 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: NorthMountain
At the same time, the higher brain functions that normally would have been going on were delayed but still completed. Fearfully and wonderfully made!
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:48:16 AM PDT
by
xone
To: wally_bert
I am terrible at that kind of trivia...
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:49:26 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Red Badger
Doesn’t Sarah Bellum work for The Tappet Brothers?
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:50:30 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: kjam22
I don’t think it actually works that way. But if its dark and you hold a flashlight to the other ear...
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posted on
09/12/2014 6:51:56 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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