Another way to explore what the brain does is to consider what happens to people when very bad things happen to their brain.

另一个探究大脑功能的方法,就是在人们的大脑遭受严重损伤时,观察他们的行为变化

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A patient who had damage to part of his brain and can only say one word, "Tan," and the person would say, "Tan, tan, tan, tan," and everything else was gone.

一位大脑遭受部分损伤的病人,这位病人只会说一个字,"叹",说起话来这样的,"叹,叹,叹,叹",其他的词全都无法说出

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Other disorders that we'll discuss later on include acquired psychopathy, where damage to parts of your brain, particularly related to the frontal lobes, rob you of the ability to tell right from wrong.

稍后我们还将讨论些其他的障碍,包括,后天性精神紊乱,该病症是由于大脑特定区域遭受损伤,特别是额叶部分,会使你失去分辨是非的能力

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