Music and the Alzheimer’s Brain
Posted on October 12th, 2009 by admin
One story after another, we hear of Alzheimer’s patients who lost their power of speech, recognition yet can still remember their music. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist theorizes that “Music occupies more area of the brain than language does.” Music is somehow embedded in the brain, and Alzheimer’s patients are able to recall the function of [...]
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