Cognitive Tests - A Personal Anecdote

[MineralMan]

5. Yes. Brain injuries can cause all sorts of strange things.

Studying them is one of the ways neuroscientists learn about the functions of parts of the brain.

It's a rare person who knows the difference between dromedary and bactrian camels.

Short-term and long-term memory use different parts of the brain.

As an aside, my wife does word puzzles. When she's stuck, she often asks me for help, although I never do word puzzles. My favorite was when she asked me, "What's a 9 letter word for "flightless bird?" I immediately replied, "Cassowary." My wife said, "I hate you! How did you know that?" I told her that I learned the names of all the flightless birds when I was about 10 years old by reading a book on animals. There's only one with 9 letters.