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| Steven H. Cornelius Music and Stroke |
Neuroscientist Paul Bach-y-Rita is a leading scholar in the field of brain neuroplasticity. One of his inventions is a device that feeds information about physical orientation through the tongue, thereby accomplishing the balancing work normally done by the inner ear’s vestibular apparatus. Bach-y-Rita also invented a machine that allows blind individuals to “see” though camera information delivered tactilely through electrodes attached to the subject’s back.
Many brain areas naturally perform multiple sensory functions. Touch and vision seem to share brain space, for example. Latent polysensory capabilities can be enhanced and developed through focused practice.
For me, this brings to mind the ideas of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss who in The Savage Mind provided the example of a “bricoleur” putting available tools to unexpected uses in the face of new and unfolding exigencies.
Brains are natural bricoleurs, which means that when it comes to stroke recovery, a great many things are in reach.
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