PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sleep Spindle, Childrens Hospital, Foster Care
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Secret of the wild child (feb. 11th/16) (language video) Wild child child grown in severe isolation, away from people. 13 year old girl in los angeles (genie) child locked in potty chair and stayed there for most her life. Fragile, beautiful, haunting famous case study of genie (not real name: named genie because genies are locked away in isolation until called out and needed. Measured genie"s sleep patterns: abnormal sleep spindles observed in sleep patterns, was she brain damaged from abuse or isolation, genie"s father claimed she was retarded and isolated her shortly after birth. Genie started to talk ( doctor; tie! : hard to understand at first but slowly starting to understand words. In france (boy who was raised by wolves) victor. 12 years old lack of speech, scratches on his body and naked profile indicated that he"s been raised in the wild for most of his life.
