Friday, May 05, 2006

Yeah, They're Different Alright


A study conducted by the University College of London shows that people with the ability to learn other languages easily have differently structured brains and more "white matter". The part of the brain called Heschl's Area is larger and oriented differently. Tell me about it! Generally, we think that the more "cables" and "connections" in the brain the better. Well, that's true, but if your cable for strawberry ice cream is hooked up to the word for master cylinder in papiamento, what good does it do you? I'm just sayin'.

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