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phantom limb syndrome
I think this also goes to another important principle of the way our whole being works, which we tend to underestimate in daily appreciation. That is, the ability of the body to remember sensation, ground into a neural path just as securely as say a learnt language. For example, I can go down my dog-legged staircase in complete darkness because my body knows it in great detail - knows every feel and muscular tension involved. Teachers recognise this as the route of a learning style which they tend to call kinaesthetic - learning by doing an activity can provide the body's memory key.
And I agree that dreams are inherently pre-language. Think back to childhood nightmares; surely they feature shapes, sometimes colours, above all very strong emotions - but not always words?
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