I found an interesting story on msnbc.com about how our brains process colors once we learn the name of the color. The story explains that our brains process color in the right hemisphere when we're infants, but makes a switch to the left hemisphere once we learn the actual name of the color.
I find this so interesting because it gives us a peak into how the brain stores and processes information. Scientists who are studying this aspect are speculating about how the language we learn affects the way we look at the world.
It really hits home for me as Jared enters the stage in his life when he discovers that words have meaning. I wonder what the world looks like to him now? Is it something different than what I see? Once something has a name and meaning, it has a place and order like a book on a shelf in the library. What a wonderfully bizarre world he must be living in while the shelves are still empty and the books are all around him.
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I am really intrigued by the right brain/left brain functionality. After reading Pink's book, A Whole New Mind, I was really enlightened. I put much more value on the right brain outputs. And just like the concept of the color purple, those right brain qualities paint life with more color! I do get a little sad at the thought that once my 2 year old learns a word it looses its "magic" in a way. I bet it was better over in the right brain!
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