Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Missing brain
I recently heard about a toddler who was born with no brain. It was hard for me to understand how he could live without having a brain. UnfortunAtely, he could not hear or see or move. Many other things were also wrong. I just had never heard about a baby born like this. It intrigues me as to whether or not the mother did something or if it was just nature. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMlVNFpzKNI
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I had heard of a baby being born without a brain before but I had never really researched more on the topic. The video was so eye catching as soon as I read this post I wanted to know what you were referring to. I had not heard of baby Nicholas, but he is so cute. I loved how his eyes just got my attention. It is so strange to even think about someone being born without a brain because one immediately thinks how he/she does their functions with no brain. What I found to be really interesting is that babies will pretty much not be able to see or hear, and they will appear unconscious and they will not be able to feel pain. This particular baby has challenged the odds since he is still alive after two years. It made me wonder about the pregnant mothers that go through prenatal care and if the doctors can obviously see through the ultrasound that there is something wrong, it just puts the expectant mother at a weird and difficult position because they can still decide to have the baby or not. I would not know how they feel but it was just a thought that went through my head.
ReplyDeleteThis video really got my attention too. I think it was really interesting when the reporter finished the segment by saying that the baby seems to know when the mother or grandmother is holding him. It makes me think about emotional attachment and that it something that doesn't always happen cognitively. I don't know if there is actual science to back it up. I know I've read in some feminist theory book that woman are symbolic, and that the child in the womb before sex is determined is even determined "the pre-oedipal" or semiotic stage. Makes me feel like there's a connection between the mother and child that goes beyond socially and cognitive construction of who a person really is. Ahh! I this is more philogophy than actual science but it sparks my interest, nonetheless. The title of this piece is called "Femininity, Narrative and psychoanalysis. Women: the longest revoltion by Juliet Mitchell if you're interested.
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