A brain injury transforms Italian man into bonjour-shouting ‘caricature’ of a Frenchman

After a brain injury, the man discovered a new joy for life and all things French. The man, who is 50 and described only by his initials, JC, had a brain injury stemming from an arterial anomaly four years ago. Abruptly afterward, he began to talk in French. JC’s previous history with French amounted to high school language classes and, as the scientists put it, a “fling” with a French woman while the man was in his 20s. This was the first time he had used the language in 30 years.

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