20180707:
My favorite visual in the documentary was the implementation of visibility to understand the Lotje's visual impairments. Though it might have been overused.
I thought it was interesting that reading and writing use different pathways in the brain. I guess it would hardly surprise anyone if someone can speak but not write. So the fact that writing and reading are also different should, for a similar reason, not be a surprise. In particular, it's likely that we can teach children to write (e.g., writing the letters "C" "A" "T") but not being able to read what they've written.
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Instant Comments:
0:02 I've felt faint/fainted twice before and the moments leading up to it, where I lose control of my body is the strangest feeling. I need to update it with some new info, but it's detailed here: I Accidentally Cut Myself (Will it Stop Bleeding?)
0:04 Vomit and excrement.
0:09 She initially says "Plate" before realizing she meant "Place"
0:10 Interesting test.
0:13 It's like she has a bunch of connections, and get places, but has to go the long way around. It's like persons who learn a second language but do it through translation. Those persons always have to go through their first language (essentially taking extra steps to speak the second language).
0:14 She can repeat the word but not come up and say it herself!
0:16 The audio here is great story-telling.
0:17 That's interesting, you wouldn't know just meeting her after her injury. I was going to say earlier something to the effect that "too bad she isn't a poet". But in fact her profession involved writing and her friends and family describe her as articulate.
0:29 David Lynch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch); Twin Peaks
0:41 She can write, but can't read. She describes it as the words disappearing. The person explains it as different pathways.
0:51 [I'm a bit sleepy here. Because me, not cause the film]
0:52 Rebuild connections.
1:03 "Anything can happen at any time to any degree. Um, so... I better not have faith in anything." (A grim, but realistic outlook.)
1:07 Oh, the chart, lower is better, because it's 2.2 seconds per word to 1.5 seconds per word.
1:12 The philosophical question. "If the physical body, the brain, is damaged, does this extend to damage to the self?"
1:18 "reality... is only... what we believe and perceive to be true."
Watched 20180707 (Netflix, Instant)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014) Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland. 86 min
Relevant Links:
My Beautiful Broken Brain (IMDb.com)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (RottenTomatoes.com)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (Wikipedia.org)
My favorite visual in the documentary was the implementation of visibility to understand the Lotje's visual impairments. Though it might have been overused.
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I thought it was interesting that reading and writing use different pathways in the brain. I guess it would hardly surprise anyone if someone can speak but not write. So the fact that writing and reading are also different should, for a similar reason, not be a surprise. In particular, it's likely that we can teach children to write (e.g., writing the letters "C" "A" "T") but not being able to read what they've written.
[20180707][20191015 Edit]
Instant Comments:
0:02 I've felt faint/fainted twice before and the moments leading up to it, where I lose control of my body is the strangest feeling. I need to update it with some new info, but it's detailed here: I Accidentally Cut Myself (Will it Stop Bleeding?)
0:04 Vomit and excrement.
0:09 She initially says "Plate" before realizing she meant "Place"
0:10 Interesting test.
0:13 It's like she has a bunch of connections, and get places, but has to go the long way around. It's like persons who learn a second language but do it through translation. Those persons always have to go through their first language (essentially taking extra steps to speak the second language).
0:14 She can repeat the word but not come up and say it herself!
0:16 The audio here is great story-telling.
0:17 That's interesting, you wouldn't know just meeting her after her injury. I was going to say earlier something to the effect that "too bad she isn't a poet". But in fact her profession involved writing and her friends and family describe her as articulate.
0:29 David Lynch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch); Twin Peaks
0:41 She can write, but can't read. She describes it as the words disappearing. The person explains it as different pathways.
0:51 [I'm a bit sleepy here. Because me, not cause the film]
0:52 Rebuild connections.
1:03 "Anything can happen at any time to any degree. Um, so... I better not have faith in anything." (A grim, but realistic outlook.)
1:07 Oh, the chart, lower is better, because it's 2.2 seconds per word to 1.5 seconds per word.
1:12 The philosophical question. "If the physical body, the brain, is damaged, does this extend to damage to the self?"
1:18 "reality... is only... what we believe and perceive to be true."
Watched 20180707 (Netflix, Instant)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (2014) Sophie Robinson, Lotje Sodderland. 86 min
Relevant Links:
My Beautiful Broken Brain (IMDb.com)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (RottenTomatoes.com)
My Beautiful Broken Brain (Wikipedia.org)
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