Abstract
Four elderly persons with neurologic impairments of differing etiology and differing cognitive profiles presented unexpected patterns of memory for tunes and song lyrics. Impairments included profound deafness, right-hemisphere stroke, and dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Patterns for the impaired individuals differed according to the disorder, but each person had some scores within the range for 90 healthy seniors. We suggest implications for models of brain organization for musical memory.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 291-294 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| Volume | 1169 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 24 Jul 2009 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alzheimer Disease/physiopathology
- Auditory Perceptual Disorders/physiopathology
- Deafness/physiopathology
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Memory
- Music