Last night one of the women on the child of our time programme on TV was having her son tested for early signs of dyslexia in what looked like a very well equipped american lab. He was fitted with an electrodes net to read his brainwaves while various sounds were put as background noise to see how long it took his brain to recognise changes in the sounds. It reminded me of The Boy's ginea pig days. at the Cognitive Development Unit of the Medical Research Council at Birbeck College in London (also known as babylab) and I just had to dig up this photo and share it. The photo was taken when The Boy was six months old and doing his bit for science (developmental psychology to be more precise). Before you ask : * No, it does not hurt (the yellow bits are bits of sponges wetted with water and a tiny bit of baby shampoo for conductivity). * Yes, The Boy had a hoot (all the nice toys and then a bit of watching a computer screen while boffins recorded his brain waves) especially since it meant a trip on the train and the tube - what more could a little boy want ? * And yes, he has lost the gourmless look since.
My son the ginea pig.
14.1.04 22:09
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Lisa (16.1.04 18:04) Ah now see, this is the sort of picture you can haul out when he brings his first girlfriend home to meet you. |
