Musical abilities may outlast other faculties in advanced dementia
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Musical abilities may outlast other faculties in advanced dementia.
SIR—It is widely recognised that musical abilities may outlast other faculties in advanced dementia, and may become almost the sole means of communication between patient and carer. It is possible that a specific neural substrate may be identified. A fuller account is in preparation jointly by myself and Raya Jones (PhD) of Cardiff University. There are two details on which we have been unable ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi175