Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Music and Alzheimer's


"[M]emory for autobiographically important music seems to be spared in people with Alzheimer's disease," a California researcher finds. Could regular exposure to favorite music slow memory loss? Richard Alleyne examines the question in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/4787488/Alzheimers-sufferers-could-improve-memory-by-listening-to-favourite-music.html