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From: vanjac@netcom.com (Sylvan Jacques)
Subject: Re: Consciousness and the Senses/Brain development
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In article <1994Dec10.191105@west.cscwc.pima.edu>,
 <103t_english@west.cscwc.pima.edu> wrote:
>From neural network theory, we could speculate that the brain wouldn't do very
>well. In fact, I'd guess that any such person would sicken and die from lack of
>stimulation before the age of 2-3...

Have you seen "The Lost Language of Cranes"?

A neglected child sees only cranes at a nearby construction site,
and starts moving his arms like the cranes move--an attempt to
relate to all he can see, I guess. He knows nothing of language,
and continues to move his arms like cranes after being rescued. 
(I should warn that the movie is about homosexuals, not child
development.
-- 

Van  (Sylvan Jacques)        vanjac@netcom.com
