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September 26, 2005
Question 3
Reading Kana would be affected by left brain damage because this side of our brain is the centre for the ability to understand, interpret and use a language built of symbols that represented syllables as Kana does. The same, left side of our brain is also responsible for our mathematical ability in addition to our comprehension of rhythm and our temporal-order judgments (Fromkin, 41). While the right-hand side of the brain is responsible for pattern matching, spatial orientation and facial recognition (Fromkin, 41), making it possible to understand a language such as Kanji where each symbol represents a word. Therefore were the right brain damaged an individuals ability to comprehend, interpret and use Kanji would be impaired.
~ Nanette Savides
Posted by lcissavides at September 26, 2005 09:34 AM