长期以来,人们公认右脑和左脑的功能各自为政,不相联系。但最新的发现告诉我们脑子比人们敢于想象的要复杂得多。有一位二十一岁的妇女生下来右半身就瘫痪了。她的右臂和右腿每星期至少发作一次癫癎,她每隔三、四天丧失一次神志。她的医生们用尽了一切比较温和的治疗办法之后,下决心切除她的整半边左脑。根据神经病学的正统观念,左脑是主管她的右侧的。人们对手术的结果莫不感到惊奇,不出几个星期,那位妇女渐渐能支配她的右体了,她工作着并过着她的医生所谓的“积极的社会生活”。这样的病例给我们的脑知识带来了深远的影响。首先,它们给宣称可以用在地图上找到城市位置同样的方法在脑子里找到官能点的理论以狠狠的一击。 It has long been recognized that the functions of the right and left brains work independently and irrelevantly. But the latest findings tell us that our brains are far more complex than people dare to imagine. A 21-year-old woman was born paralyzed in the right half of her body. Her right arm and right leg attack seizures at least once a week, losing her mind every three or four days. After her doctors had exhausted all the more modest treatment, they resolved to cut off her entire left hemisphere. According to the neurological orthodoxy, the left brain is in charge of her right side. The result of the surgery was not surprising. Within a few weeks, the woman gradually dominated her right body. She worked and led what her doctor called “positive social life.” Such cases have a profound impact on our brain. First, they fiercely hit the theory of claiming that they can find functional points in their minds in the same way they find city locations on maps.