Why is Hodor of "Game of Thrones" is able to speak his name only Bashny.Net

Neurological obyasnenie

defining characteristic of a faithful servant Starks Hodor is that he can speak only one word - "Hodor." But realistically, who lived in XIX-th century, a patient who could only utter one syllable over and over again, gave us the opportunity to better understand how it works in this case the brain.

Vitor Leborn Louis in the middle of the XIX-th century lived in the care of Bicetre Hospital in Paris. In 1861 a famous French physician Paul Broca found out about Leborne, who was suffering from very similar to the state of Jodorowsky. Brock wrote of him:

«He can not say anything other than one syllable, which he usually repeats twice. Regardless of the question that he asked, he always responds "Tan Tan", accompanying the responses of expressive gestures. That is why he is known in the hospital is named Tang ».

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By that time, both Brock learned about the state of Leborna, he had already spent in the hospital a long time and suffered from various diseases caused by problems with communication. But after talking with Lebornom Brock realized that some of the patient's mental faculties remain valid, such as the ability to cope with the numbers and determine the time, moreover, he knew what he was told.

When Leborn died, an autopsy revealed that his brain was struck in an area that is now known as Broca's area - part of the brain associated with speech production. Brock soon collided with another patient, a man named Lelong, who after a stroke could only speak five words. After the death of Lelong, Brock found the damage at about the same area of ​​the brain that have Leborna. Brock called it the state of aphasia, and this word was used to describe disorders in understanding and expression of language, and the inability to be expressed through speech or letters became known as Broca's aphasia.

So while Hodor may encounter with magic during their adventures in Vasteras, his speech problems can be completely natural.

via factroom.ru