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Your hypothesis sounds like a very interesting interpretation, Carolyn. Do
you have a link to it somewhere?
Regards,
Mary Ross
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:52 AM Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@att.net> wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> I was thrilled to read the following in yesterday's Wall St Journal:
>
>
> NEW SKILLS BUILD NEW BRAIN ARCHITECTURE
>
> Susan Pinker
>
> "The latest tools of neuroscience allow us to witness, as never
> before, t*he electrical flares, chemical land-slides and sluicing of
> water from zone to zone that alter the geography of the brain* as it
> changes.
>
> "Evidence of the ways neural tisssue is partially destroyed after a
> strok or the onset of dementia has been around for decades. But proof that
> missing or miswired human brains connections can grow again -- what
> neuroscientists call plasticity -- has so far been thin on the ground. In
> 2014 a study showed that for mice, novel experiences prompt almost
> immediate changes in *white matter -- the brain's connective tissue, or
> highway system." *[the italics are mine]
>
> The rest of the article is worth reading, but it is in these first two
> paragraphs that I found confirmation of my hypothesis that in describing
> King Charles's escape from Zembla, Nabokov was actually describing a
> cerebral episode of some kind, most likely a stroke. The author of this
> article uses similar metaphors for brain activity and disruption as did VN
> lo these many years ago.
>
> with regards from Pasadena and
> Carolyn
>
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you have a link to it somewhere?
Regards,
Mary Ross
On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:52 AM Carolyn Kunin <chaiselongue@att.net> wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> I was thrilled to read the following in yesterday's Wall St Journal:
>
>
> NEW SKILLS BUILD NEW BRAIN ARCHITECTURE
>
> Susan Pinker
>
> "The latest tools of neuroscience allow us to witness, as never
> before, t*he electrical flares, chemical land-slides and sluicing of
> water from zone to zone that alter the geography of the brain* as it
> changes.
>
> "Evidence of the ways neural tisssue is partially destroyed after a
> strok or the onset of dementia has been around for decades. But proof that
> missing or miswired human brains connections can grow again -- what
> neuroscientists call plasticity -- has so far been thin on the ground. In
> 2014 a study showed that for mice, novel experiences prompt almost
> immediate changes in *white matter -- the brain's connective tissue, or
> highway system." *[the italics are mine]
>
> The rest of the article is worth reading, but it is in these first two
> paragraphs that I found confirmation of my hypothesis that in describing
> King Charles's escape from Zembla, Nabokov was actually describing a
> cerebral episode of some kind, most likely a stroke. The author of this
> article uses similar metaphors for brain activity and disruption as did VN
> lo these many years ago.
>
> with regards from Pasadena and
> Carolyn
>
> Google Search
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> <http://www.nabokovonline.com>
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> Zembla <http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm> Nabokov Studies
> <https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/257> (Journal)
> Policies <http://web.utk.edu/%7Esblackwe/EDNote.htm>
> ___
> Options <http://listserv.ucsb.edu/lsv-cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=NABOKV-L> Chercheurs
> Enchantés (French VN Society)
> <http://www.vladimir-nabokov.org/association/chercheurs-enchantes/73>
> AdaOnline <http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/>
> ___
> Dieter Zimmer's Site <http://www.d-e-zimmer.de/index.htm> NSJ Ada
> Annotations <http://vnjapan.org/main/ada/index.html> L-Soft Search the
> archive <https://listserv.ucsb.edu/lsv-cgi-bin/wa?A0=NABOKV-L> VN
> Bibliography Blog <http://vnbiblio.com/>
>
> All private editorial communications are read by both co-editors.
>
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Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
Nabokov Studies: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/257
Chercheurs Enchantes: http://www.vladimir-nabokov.org/association/chercheurs-enchantes/73
Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
AdaOnline: "http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/
The Nabokov Society of Japan's Annotations to Ada: http://vnjapan.org/main/ada/index.html
The VN Bibliography Blog: http://vnbiblio.com/
Dieter Zimmer Website: http://www.d-e-zimmer.de/index.htm
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