I had been thinking about the plasticity of the brain when it came to recovering from strokes, and in particular I was thinking about the brain disorder which stops the sufferer from recognising loved ones (I can't remember it's name). Basically when the pathways between the fusiform gyrus (facial recognition) and the amygdala (emotion) gets damaged, the person can't recognise their mother for instance.

They can recognise their mother, however because the emotional pathway is damaged, the brain makes up the story that the person must be an imposter, ergo they have no emotional recognition.

However, when the same person goes out of the room and speaks to them on the phone, the emotional recognition is back.

So that got me thinking about possible pathways in the brain and I thought of that.

Cg