The reading from this week was about localization of brain functions. The reading mentioned that Broca's and Wernicke's area were the two main regions that were responsible for comprehension and speech. It also mentioned that memory can be improved by relationships meaning.
This reading reminded me of things I learned in psychology such as phrenology and context dependent memory. Although some functions are localized in some parts of the brain, the brain displays great plasticity if a part of a brain is damaged meaning partial recovery is always possible. Context dependent memory is a method for information recall by knowing the context. I have had a lot of luck with this method because knowing the context (either physical environment or conceptual) always seemed to help me transfer short term memory to long term memory.
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