In what language do deaf people think? December 26, 2003 Dear Cecil: In what language do deaf people think?
I think in English, because that's what I speak. But since deaf people cannot hear, they can't learn how to speak a language. Imagining the Tenth Dimension part 1 of 2. This Is Your Brain on Metaphors. The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless.
Despite rumors to the contrary, there are many ways in which the human brain isn’t all that fancy. Let’s compare it to the nervous system of a fruit fly. Both are made up of cells, of course, with neurons playing particularly important roles. Now one might expect that a neuron from a human will differ dramatically from one from a fly.