The man who mistook English for Phoenician

[amonseuldesir]

THIS week's New Yorker contains a fascinating piece by Oliver Sacks on
what happens when you lose the ability to read (link to summary). The
condition, alexia, is usually the result of a stroke, but Dr Sacks
describes how he himself suffered a temporary migrained-induced alexia
while driving in New York, which made the street signs suddenly look
to him

Comments

[soralunii]

I read an article on Digg yesterday about this, about Howard Engel, and found the phenomenon fascinating.

[amonseuldesir]

Yes. i found this really interesting. Almost like from an episode of the series "House"...

[anicca_anicca]

Fascinating stuff. The face blindness incident is interesting, too

[amonseuldesir]

Oh.. I somehow saw your comment only now.. sorry for not responding. Your story is unbelievable... Indeed the brain is a dormant monster.