Just When You Think You Understood the Brain

Last week if you'd asked what would happen if someone were born without a cerebellum or pons I would have said they wouldn't live very long. (Maybe just seconds) So when Melissa L. passed on this link I was shocked. Apparently the doctors were too. It is a story of a boy born without a cerebellum or pons.

Chase Britton, Boy Without a Cerebellum Baffles Doctors

Updated Information On Genie

Thanks to Ganshyam for passing on this link.  It is an article from 2008 regarding the case of Genie, the girl we learned about in class this week.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4804490&page=1