“Like separating the brain into parts by function?”
“Yeah. Exactly,” Cherry smiled. “Into functional areas instead of anatomical parts. For example they found that there is a specific area for reading, another for memory of words while you’re reading. There’s an area for writing which has its own word memory area which is why a person’s vocabulary for reading or writing or speaking is all different. There are specific areas for specific motor movements. Specific areas for things even as specific as remembering a tune. There are mechanisms for integrating memory with new information being received to form concepts. The way our neural pathways are structured has a lot to do with the way we think or behave.”
“That’s fascinating,” Brooks said. He was taking sketchy notes. A word here or ther
