How can musicians keep playing despite amnesia?
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Description: The BBC describes the case of the British conductor and musician Clive Wearing, who contracted a brain infection in 1985, and was left with a memory span of only 10 seconds. Despite being acknowledged by doctors as having one of the most severe cases of amnesia ever, his musical ability and much of his musical memory was intact.
(November 21, 2011)
BBC News - How can musicians keep playing despite amnesia? How can musicians keep playing despite amnesia? Scientists are trying to understand how amnesiacs can lose all memory of their past life - and yet remember music. The answer may be that musical memories are stored in a special part of the brain.
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| Description: | Neurologists believe they are coming closer to understanding how people with severe amnesia are able to retain the ability to play music. |
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| Date | Last updated: 18-Dec-2013 Expiry date: 13-Dec-2014 |