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Exceptional Preservation of Memory for Tunes and Lyrics
Author(s) -
Vanstone Ashley D.,
Cuddy Lola L.,
Duffin Jacalyn M.,
Alexander Elizabeth
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04763.x
Subject(s) - lyrics , psychology , dementia , memory impairment , cognition , audiology , cognitive impairment , echoic memory , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , medicine , art , literature , disease , pathology
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.