tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post3282612793361198..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Comedy or not.Tom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-80832377374031310062007-12-23T06:09:00.000+01:002007-12-23T06:09:00.000+01:00If you had opinions that were unpopular? Or any of...If you had opinions that were unpopular? Or any of the countless things that people could petition about? <BR/><BR/>I stutter, but I'm not going to advocate that Youtube start re-categorizing content in order to make me feel better. That's just silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-44414626143059752232007-12-20T22:46:00.000+01:002007-12-20T22:46:00.000+01:00Yes, on YouTube, many people have been making fun ...Yes, on YouTube, many people have been making fun of people who stutter. Yes, that's a cruel thing. For me, I don't stutter to everyone I talk to. I only stutter when I get nervous and stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-57719277322063902912007-12-09T22:28:00.000+01:002007-12-09T22:28:00.000+01:00Very interesting article published last week in th...Very interesting article published last week in the <A HREF="http://biology.plosjournals.org/" REL="nofollow">PLoS Biology Magazine</A> about the importance of the activity of the gene FoxP2 in the consolidation of articulatory sequences in a specific region of the striatum: the area X (a fundamental basal ganglia structure necessary for song learning in birds and, presumably, speech learning in humans).<BR/><BR/>Link: <A HREF="http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050321" REL="nofollow">Incomplete and Inaccurate Vocal Imitation after Knockdown of FoxP2 in Songbird Basal Ganglia Nucleus Area X</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-65054270949115853062007-12-07T14:36:00.000+01:002007-12-07T14:36:00.000+01:00Yes, anonymous, it is the uploader who categorises...Yes, anonymous, it is the uploader who categorises the video - but all we are asking is that YouTube reclassify the ones currently described as 'Comedy'. It's a very small request and yet they have refused to meet it.Leys Geddeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126280579474478873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-18263634588633350602007-12-07T10:06:00.000+01:002007-12-07T10:06:00.000+01:00classified comedy? thats a joke alrite.. some peop...classified comedy? thats a joke alrite.. some people! seriously..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-88007506648657963112007-12-06T22:45:00.000+01:002007-12-06T22:45:00.000+01:00I am a stutterer myself, so i understand this poin...I am a stutterer myself, so i understand this point of view, however the individual video is classified by the <I>user</I> who uploads it, not Youtube as a wholeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-60463040506661445592007-12-06T14:53:00.000+01:002007-12-06T14:53:00.000+01:00Obviously not.In case of someone to be interest in...Obviously not.<BR/><BR/>In case of someone to be interest in (Brazilian readers of this blog), there is a portuguese subtitled version of this video here: <A HREF="http://mojiti.com/kan/8179/24193" REL="nofollow"> gagueira não é piada</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com