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| Functional correlates of musical and visual ability in frontotemporal dementia | | Author(s) | Bruce L Miller, Kyle Boone, Jeffrey L Cummings |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 176, May 2000 |
| Pages | pp 458-463 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Learning capacity ; Mental clarity ; Cultural activities ; Music. |
| Annotation | The emergence of new skills in the setting of dementia suggests that loss of function in one brain area can release new functions elsewhere. In this study, 12 patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) who acquired or maintained musical or artistic ability were compared with 46 patients with FTD in whom new or sustained ability was absent. The group with musical or visual ability performed better on visual but worse on verbal tasks than did the other patients with FTD. 9 had asymmetrical left anterior dysfunction, which it is suggested may lead to facilitation of artistic or musical skills. Those with left-sided temporal lobe variant of FTD offer an unexpected window into the neurological mediation of visual and musical talents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000609204 A |
| Classmark | EA: DE: DF: H4: HH |
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