Yes, I read this through Wikipedia links, it is very interesting, didn't connect you had written it, my goodness, who are you? I've been prattling all over your forum. Strewth.
I am continuously blown away by our brain's capabilities in how it functions and copes, some of my family have acquired brain injury and it has been the most fascinating (and exciting) thing to watch this person come back to life and how her brain has adapted and dealt with it's new challenges..
What you have written, there is a place in San Francisco that (I think) does research in these areas, I've got to go back over notes and find it...................
“The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched”
Henry David Thoreau