For those FWers who still do not believe that the brain is substantively hard-wired, I would recommend "Phantoms in the Brain" by V. S. Ramachandran, acknowledged to be one of the world's leading neuroscientists.
The discussion about phantom limbs from chapter two will suffice here. Ramachandran mentions that those who have lost limbs will often feel them (and imagine they are manipulating them) for months, years, even decades afterwards. The relevant brain cells take that long to "re-educate" themselves to the loss. Keith Hudson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:khudson@;handlo.com ________________________________________________________________________
