Re-training the mind

So, another interesting email.

What do you think of this, Stelek? Do you think you've retrained your brain?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity

I only ask as I'm writing a paper on gamers who have focused so much on gaming they become savants at their craft, and I'd like to know what you think of this. I've seen many people write lists for 40k but none like you. I've included some questions, if you don't mind could you answer them?

Thank you,
Girard

Reply:

Well, I answered the questions and sent them back to you. I don't know, but I think so. After I had a bit of surgery, I was having a hell of a time grasping anything new. Lasted about 8 months. I had to talk to a lot of specialists about this, trying to figure out what to do.

In the end, my doctor talked to a neurotherapist, not normally what you'd expect but he's a very good doctor and went to great lengths to help me, and the neurotherapist told me to play a slightly different kind of game, and hopefully my brain would re-wire itself on its own.

I did what they suggested, and eventually--my brain did fix the damage done, and my 'gift' re-appeared as if it had never left.

I hope that, and my other answers, helps you in some way.