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Preservation of musical memory in Alzheimer's disease

  • H. A. Crystal
  • , E. Grober
  • , D. Masur

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Abstract

An 82 year old musician with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showed a preserved ability to play previously learned piano compositions from memory while being unable to identify the composer or titles of each work. He also showed a preserved ability to learn the new skill of mirror reading while being unable to recall or recognise new information. Both anterograde and retrograde procedural memory may be relatively spared in AD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1415-1416
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Volume52
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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