Study: Memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer's and dementia

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14. way back in 1980

my mother had a catastrophic stroke on the left side of her head, leaving her aphasic. I read every book on stroke that i could find in the library (remember those days without the internet?!), which discussed which areas of the brain controlled speech, etc. I learned then that music is separate from speech. That year I confirmed it when my mother sang happy birthday to me.

My sister is not bad yet, not really much at all. My fear is she is submitting to the diagnosis. She's quite functional. But she is a foxbot. that's got a load of cognizant dissonance associated with it right off the bat. I hope by seeing this she will listen to music and possibly even take up dancing again - she used to do it on a regular basis.

They do go to jam sessions and her husband plays and they both sing, so that's a good thing.