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How to unlock music as key to the art of remembering
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By Lisa Genova
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Iâve been writing and talking about Alzheimerâs, memory and forgetting for more than a decade. During that time, people have regularly approached with me a similar set of befuddling stories and questions. My mother has Alzheimerâs. She doesnât recognise any of her children or her house as her home, but she still knows all the words to
Canât Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley. Or âmy grandfather has Alzheimerâs, and he mostly stares at the wall or TV all day, unresponsive, but put him in front of a piano, and itâs like flipping a switch. He comes alive and he plays! Ragtime, classical, musical theatre pieces â all from memory! â