tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post7373733965747530886..comments2024-03-22T03:45:46.109-07:00Comments on The Cognitive Axon: Zombie Brain: Language DeficitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post-56135644688924741242018-12-31T16:03:15.680-08:002018-12-31T16:03:15.680-08:00Hello... Zombies are nothing but a silly Hollywood...Hello... Zombies are nothing but a silly Hollywood creation folks..lolSmall Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181800102565557951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post-79930284122039512392014-05-03T13:43:47.024-07:002014-05-03T13:43:47.024-07:00this is awesome, so basically zombies have disconn...this is awesome, so basically zombies have disconnect syndrome, nevertheless they can comprehend!! lol.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11933256701612493845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post-74687574306223545372012-09-13T05:28:52.677-07:002012-09-13T05:28:52.677-07:00how comicalhow comical*Aisha*https://www.blogger.com/profile/01730955435892695068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post-4012131345963512022012-07-28T22:14:22.921-07:002012-07-28T22:14:22.921-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207941726119351471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post-81973087579081545092011-10-27T18:38:03.034-07:002011-10-27T18:38:03.034-07:00Right. There's the "Broca's pinky hyp...Right. There's the "Broca's pinky hypothesis" (that Broca poking around in head wounds with his finger broke the arcuate and thus caused his aphasia). We also simulated fiber tractography of the zombie arcuate to show this, but it doesn't match up with the white matter in the zombie Colin brain. However, that said our hypothesis is that the pathogen attacks grey matter first. I'm working on a model that the time-to-resurrection predicts the degree of language/cognitive/motor deficits via atrophy from hypoxia.T2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02326072329592399108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4582649627549824354.post-79750833777536771532011-10-27T18:33:34.339-07:002011-10-27T18:33:34.339-07:00So technically the expressive zombie aphasia could...So technically the expressive zombie aphasia could be due to damage to underlying white matter causing a severe apraxia of speech. Damage to Broca's area doesn't always cause a sustained Broca's aphasia (Mohr 1978) and it is actually damage to underlying white matter that is responsible for some types of expressive aphasias (Dronkers 1996). Now your MR reconstructions clearly shows grey matter atrophy, but could this be caused by prior white matter degeneration which eventually propagates to the soma? Thus presenting itself in the chronic stage as full on grey matter damage? If the origin of the zombie symptom is in white matter maybe there is a chance to stop it before it progresses, is there a hope? Clearly I need to read up on my Zombie literature... Just some pre-halloween thoughts.Adeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610927013862529207noreply@blogger.com