Thursday, April 15, 2010

Croatian Teenager Wakes from Coma Speaking Fluent German

I don't know whether this is paranormal or not, but it's certainly not normal. This is language learning the easy way. Did the extra long period of unconsciousness give her brain time to process and activate the material she had been studying?
A 13-year-old Croatian girl who fell into a coma woke up speaking fluent German. The girl, from the southern town of Knin, had only just started studying German at school and had been reading German books and watching German TV to become better, but was by no means fluent, according to her parents.

Since waking up from her 24 hour coma however, she has been unable to speak Croatian, but is able to communicate perfectly in German. Read more

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