Chapter 275
Zhang Zi An was a little bit dumbfounded when he heard the statement that Richard was in the right place. He wondered why Richard was so concerned about this matter, not only to help Guo Dongyue – Richard is very concerned about the word “parrot tongue”, seems to want to take this opportunity to name his own family.
Its ambition is no problem, it is worth encouraging. The question is that time is not enough. Guo Dongyue’s mother’s condition is unpredictable and may worsen at any time.
Time does not wait for people or wait for birds.
Richard seemed to see his suspicions and said with confidence: “Do you know the relationship between language and memory?”
“I really don’t know, this language has a relationship with memory?” When he heard the word “memory”, Zhang Zi An felt a move and couldn’t help but think of Guo’s condition.
“Of course it matters.” Richard raised his head and suddenly became a little sad, as if he was reminiscing about what was a long time ago. “The brain is the most wonderful organ in the creature. There are still many unsolved mysteries. Alzhai Patients with silent syndrome will start to forget from short-term memory, then long-term memory, but why can’t the language ability be forgotten?”
Zhang Zi An seriously thought, with a little clue, said: “I think language is a skill, similar to riding a bicycle. If you learn it, you will not forget it?”
“No, in essence, language is also memory, but it is a deeper memory than long-term memory.” Richard denied his guess, “How many times do you say each day, how many times you listen, language memory will How many times it has been strengthened, which leads to language memory surpassing any other memory, even if it is dead, it can’t be forgotten – unless you have aphasia, but aphasia does not forget the language, just forget how to extract language from the brain… ”
Zhang Zi An is getting more and more confused. “What do you want to say?”
“Nothing, this uncle just thought of the old woman who had dementia, and sent it.” Richard shook his head in vain. “Or let me talk about what you need to do.”
“Yes, let’s talk, I listen.”
“Training birds to talk, the fastest way to do so now requires two people to cooperate with each other, for example, you and the uncle.” It pointed his finger at him and pressed it on his chest.
Zhang Zi An wants to vomit that you are a bird, but he still swallows it back. It doesn’t make sense to entangle this.
“How do you do it?” he asked.
“Specifically, it is up to the uncle to teach them some of the most basic vocabulary, such as the pronunciation of Chinese characters such as gray, green, red, bowl, pot, rice, etc. After they have mastered a certain amount, they will begin to freely combine. At that time, they used to observe their interactions, such as seeing red lights, if they can say it correctly, they can get food rewards, and vice versa, give food to the uncle. After this repetition, we exchange roles, this is called Example/opponent law.”
Zhang Zi An is generally understood, which is somewhat similar to the use of conditioning to train ordinary animals, but it is different.
After careful consideration, he made a request: “I understand that you think a lot, but this training must not be completed soon. You must promise me. If you drag it for too long, at least you should teach that poem. they.”
Richard agreed in disappointment. “This is no problem, it doesn’t take long. The language learning is not linear, but similar to ‘enlightenment’ – you teach a common parrot to speak, maybe teach In the last two years, even ten or twenty years, it is still like a dumb, but as long as it speaks the first word and the first sentence, the rest of the things will come to an end. Think about it, you humans Is it the same?”
Zhang Zi An thought about it, it seems that this is true. Some babies will speak less than one year old, and some babies will speak when they are nearly two years old. But this does not mean that the former must be smarter than the latter, but the latter “Understanding” is a bit late. When the baby learns to say “mother”, he can quickly say “dad”, “grandfather”, “grandmother” and other words.
Richard raised his wings and pointed to the bird cage. “They have learned the word ‘grey’ and have become enlightened. It will not be long before they can master many common words. At that time, they can not only read the poem. It can even be a helper in daily life and help the old woman to live normally.”
Zhang Zi An’s thinking stopped for a few seconds before he reacted to what it meant. After returning from Guo Dongyue, he told Richard in detail what he saw and heard. He also mentioned that the white priest who is responsible for taking care of Guomu is not very responsible. If this is going on, maybe Guo will be in danger. Even if you are dissatisfied with the day, there is no way, because Guo Mu only knows the white scorpion. If it is replaced by other nannies, Guo Mu may be able to do something under the drive of suspicion and anxiety.
When I said these words, Zhang Zi An was just telling the truth. There was no special purpose. I just felt that I was a little uncomfortable. Who said that patients with Alzheimer’s disease are not suffering? He clearly felt deep depression and incomprehension from her face, especially when she saw Guo Dongyue, it seemed that every pore in her face was full of despair, like someone who was sinking into the bottomless dark abyss. Frustrated and trying to catch something.
The speaker is unintentional, the listener is interested, but Richard has thought more from these words. It also faces two roads. One is simply to teach the “Wanderfly” to two red-faced parrots, and then complete the task, all happy; the other way is to really teach them to talk, not only for parrots. The correctness of speaking ability can help the poor old woman to become her life assistant.
In Guo’s memory, not only remembers white peony, but also remembers small purple and pea yellow. Giving her the little purple and pea yellow that really learned to speak will definitely not cause her rejection.
After Zhang Zi An figured it out, he couldn’t help but feel excited. Guo Mu is really pitiful. Anyone who looks at it will be sympathetic. If she can provide her with some help, why not?
He picked up his mobile phone and wanted to inform Guo Dongyue of the news as soon as possible, but he thought about it and let it go. There is no need to inform him for the time being. After all, whether you can succeed or not is not fully grasped. Guo Dongyue has already suffered too many disappointments. If this time gave him high expectations and finally failed, the blow to him would be too heavy.
Richard looked at the red-faced parrot in the cage. At this moment, it seemed to see their own figure from them – the nervous and cringing African grey parrot that had just been brought into the lab, felt From the warmth of human beings, feel the warmth of the family and feel the warmth of love.
Therefore, this time it not only has to give back this warmth, but also to make up for regrets and go further.