tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post7954301233001095126..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Shouldn't severe stuttering be weeded out?Tom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-86011365964180851172009-05-27T00:35:07.947+02:002009-05-27T00:35:07.947+02:00This is just my hypothesis :)
Anyway, nobody know...This is just my hypothesis :)<br /><br />Anyway, nobody knows so far any genes associated with stuttering.Kanstantsinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-57631150376953639122009-05-25T01:35:46.845+02:002009-05-25T01:35:46.845+02:00Tom, is this true? (What Kanstantsin said??)
Or n...Tom, is this true? (What Kanstantsin said??)<br /><br />Or not true? (Not as simple as it seems....)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-30835771336321936172009-05-21T21:38:56.492+02:002009-05-21T21:38:56.492+02:00The major transmitters of stuttering genes might b...The major transmitters of stuttering genes might be women. One can imagine that many of them are carrying stuttering genes, but these genes do not manifest themselve phenotipically as stuttering in female body. That's why 3-4 times less women are suttering than men.Kanstantsinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-41098107839755520102009-05-19T05:00:00.000+02:002009-05-19T05:00:00.000+02:00Is it possible that even if no stutters were to ev...Is it possible that even if no stutters were to ever have children, the genes that carry the tendency would be passed on by their non-stuttering or recovered siblings? Maybe if you analyse this model the particular mutation will die out over enough time, but it seems plausible that there is a steady state solution.achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817718132877704613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-80186221496249556892009-05-19T03:53:00.000+02:002009-05-19T03:53:00.000+02:00Developmental Stuttering may persist because most ...Developmental Stuttering may persist because most who stutter recover before adulthood. The genes pass on via those who currently stutter and those who's stuttering already had resolved.<br />LyneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-64783522436168617092009-05-18T02:18:00.000+02:002009-05-18T02:18:00.000+02:00Hi Anon, can you say more about:
"the researchers...Hi Anon, can you say more about:<br /><br />"the researchers working on stuttering are totally incompetent...."<br /><br />Everyone is incompetent....I do agree that a lot of speech therapist are incompetent (first hand experience). So there is NO hope.CJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-51090545948970528032009-05-18T02:06:00.000+02:002009-05-18T02:06:00.000+02:00You ask, "shouldn't severe stutterers be weeded ou...You ask, "shouldn't severe stutterers be weeded out ..."<br /><br />Assuming that there is a specific stuttering gene - then the only way stuttering can eventually be weeded out is if all stutterers never have sex and procreate. But the weeding out might take a lot of time because a person who carries this fictitious stuttering gene might not have a stutter, so he/she might pass on the gene to, say, 2 children - one of whom ends up stuttering, and the other is fluent. Genes are not the only things that have impact - there are also environmental factors.<br /><br />There's also the very strong possibility that the hypothetical gene might have nothing whatsoever to do with speech. As we know, one gene might affect another gene which affects another gene etc. So it might affect speech in an indirect way. <br /><br />But it's all hypothetical because the researchers working on stuttering are totally incompetent. Unless there is some improvement in the quality of researchers, we may never know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com