Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Cure!!

Oren aka The JellyFishKiller has sent me an article describing a cure for stuttering. I have tried it, and it works very well!!!!! So this is going to be my last post.

Here is the screenshot of the article (author is Hazle Geniesse, University of Michigan)



(Credit goes to Oren's labmate Jay Bohland (http://cns.bu.edu/~jbohland). The article was published in 1935: Science, New Series, Vol. 82, No. 2135 (Nov. 29, 1935), p.518 )

6 comments:

jellyfishkiller said...

Credit goes to my labmate Jay Bohland (http://cns.bu.edu/~jbohland). Also, notice that the article was published in 1935: Science, New Series, Vol. 82, No. 2135 (Nov. 29, 1935), p.518

Anonymous said...

Hehe. I hope they don't except us to bark as well!

Seriously though: it's probably mainly because you don't focus on your speech while trying to move on all fours. And we all know that it goes the most fluent when we don't think about it in the first place.

But speaking of weird phenomenons: The one that really intrigues me most is that not hearing yourself (your voice) boosts the fluency.

(added: lol, I saw the first comment now. 1935! The scientists were quite sophisticated at the time ;))

John MacIntyre said...

Hey Tom,

Maybe you should add this solution to your on cost benefit devils post. ;-)

If the exercise takes 5 minutes, would you do it?
If the exercise takes 15 minutes, would you do it?
If the exercise takes 30 minutes, would you do it?
If the exercise takes 1 hour, would you do it?
If the exercise takes 2 hours, would you do it?
If you have to crawl around like a dog all day, would you do it?

Too funny!

fluentsoul said...

LOL . . . thanks for the info! Okay, I'm all set for my next job interview! Except I have to figure out if I should STAY on all fours, or rise every time I've finished answering a question.

Einar said...

Hehe, I've never seen a stuttering dog (or horse, or ape, or sheep or...), now I know why... Excellent, back to nature!!

Unknown said...

Interestingly, if I am dictating notes into my tape recorder (hand held), I stutter because of the stress of knowing I have to read it back...BUT, if I put the notes on a chair and then BEND OVER to read them...my stutter disappears. (I also notice on playback that my voice is higher because my larynx is now forced, by gravity, to slide and rest more towards my head.