我们是用左脑来辨认朋友、用右脑来辨认陌生者吗?看来,两个脑半球的分工要比过去认为的要复杂。一个病人朗读“Orchestra”(管弦乐队)这个词,但是,书上的词却是“band”(乐队)。另一个患有类似的神经病症状的人能容易地阅读具体名词“bee”(蜜蜂),而阅读功能动词“be”(是)则要困难得多。还有一个病人则缺乏发出简单的废话的能力,例如, Do we use the left brain to identify our friends and the right brain to identify strangers? It seems that the division of labor between the two hemispheres is more complex than was thought in the past. A patient reads the word “Orchestra” (orchestra), but the word in the book is “band”. Another person with similar neurological symptoms can easily read the specific noun “bee” (bee) while reading the functional verb “be” is much more difficult. Still another patient lacks the ability to issue simple nonsense, for example,