Comments on: Altered Sexual Orientation Following Dominant Hemisphere Stroke

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:32:08 +0000

My goodness, the Mail is getting racey these days!

By: Fg68at

Fg68at — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:56:24 +0000

The other way: Burly rugby player has a stroke after freak gym accident… wakes up gay and becomes a hairdresser A Stroke Turned Me Gay - I Woke Up Gay - BBC Three(Preview 1:30 min)

By: -L-

-L- — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:35 +0000

I find the description “right cerebral artery distribution” to be so imprecise as to be amusing. It’s like saying, “The governance of Buffalo, NY is somehow related to the geographic area of the Western Hemisphere.

@ Carole: Cerebrovascular accident is basically an idiom for stroke, there’s not too much to read into the literal meaning of “accident” itself.

By: James

James — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:24:54 +0000

Possible cognitive explanation? Trauma of all kinds can cause a person to re-examine all kinds of behaviors. Case studies are so curious.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:59:53 +0000

Timothy, I didn’t mean to imply that this was not “possible, exciting, or newsworthy” — or to off-handedly dismiss the idea that the strokes MAY have played a role. But as you point out, correlation is not causation. Let’s look at other stroke patients to see if there is a pattern.

I think it was a bit over-stated and pre-mature to conclude, from this one case, that is was “likely” that the strokes caused the changed in orientation. Possible? Perhaps. But ‘Likely”? Not enough evidence. More such cases would be needed to draw that conclusion.

It’s still a “hmmm”, not an “ah-hah!”