I wish to make a modest proposal. I am not sure I fully understand the proposal or how it might work but I want to sketch it out here and then try to develop it further.
The publication How the Brain Works described a Control Centre Network (CCN) and the fact that the brain trauma victim can learn to activate this network and apply it to the performance of tasks previously undertaken by damaged portions of the brain. That, at least, is my understanding.
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How The Brain Works was very helpful to me. It delivered two key understandings. The first was the role of the “control centre” and the explanation of homo sapiens sapiens ability to over-ride ingrained behaviours and force the body to perform actions it would otherwise refuse to perform.
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“One of the things a head injury does is to break some of the long, slender communication lines from the bottom of the brain to the top and from the top to the bottom. This makes thinking sluggish, dull, and easily overcome by fatigue. It requires the survivor to focus extra hard to get pumped up before doing something, so that there will be enough energy and chemicals to power the action. It requires doing things with extra effort so that the actions don’t become too weak.”