Man with 90% of brain missing doing just fine!

The French man was 44 years old at the time the journal article came out, and although his identity was kept confidential, the researchers explained how he’d lived most of his life without realising anything was wrong with him.

He only went to the doctor complaining of mild weakness in his left leg, when brain scans revealed that his skull was mostly filled with fluid, leaving just a thin outer layer of actual brain tissue, with the internal part of his brain almost totally eroded away.

But despite his minimal remaining brain tissue, the man wasn’t mentally disabled – he had a low IQ of 75, but was working as a civil servant. He was also married with two children, and was relatively healthy.

www.sciencealert.com/a-man-who-lives-without-90-of-his-brain-is-challenging-our-understanding-of-consciousness

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