http://www.metafilter.com/tags/aphasia Posts tagged with 'aphasia' at MetaFilter. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:38:43 -0800 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:38:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/70589/Bolero%2Djust%2Dkeeps%2Dcoming Interesting <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13599-bol%E9ro-beautiful-symptom-of-a-terrible-disease.html">article</a> in New Scientist describing how a Canadian artist created this <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn13599/dn13599-1_567.jpg">representation</a> of Ravel's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4J5j74VPw">Bolero</a> whilst she unknowingly had the very same progressive aphasia that <a href="http://www.maurice-ravel.net/index.htm">Ravel</a> had when he composed the music. It probably reveals some interesting crossover between the neural processing of music and syntax in language. But in the meantime here's some previous posts on Bolero: This <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/68084/Think-before-you-act">dark animation</a> and some <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/58935/Strings-Attached">collaborative cello playing</a>. And may as well throw in Torvill and Dean's 'perfect' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zbbN4OL98">ice interpretation</a> as well tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70589 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:38:43 -0800 AnneAdams aphasia bolero Ravel leibniz http://www.metafilter.com/63926/A%2DNovelist%2Din%2DShadowland <a href="http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su07/mem-west.html">"Mem, mem, mem."</a> A fascinating memoir of global aphasia -- total language loss -- following a stroke, by British poet and novelist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_West_%28poet%29">Paul West</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63926 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:47:10 -0800 aphasia casehistory dianeackerman fiction memoir neuroplasticity paulwest poetry stroke digaman