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Music Memories Stored In Different Part of Brain Than Other Memories

Posted by samzenpus on from the soothe-the-savage-brain dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have long believed that the ability to learn and appreciate music was stored in a different part of the brain than other types of memories. Now, researchers in Berlin think that they have concluded that theory. Dr. Christoph J. Ploner, Carson Finke, and Nazli Esfahani at the Department of Neurology at the Virchow campus in Berlin, Germany have examined a man who has lost all of his memories but has retained his ability to remember and learn songs."

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  1. Research Paper Reference Link by pinkushun · · Score: 4, Informative

    The full text of the research online here.

  2. The Original Work by hutsell · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Summary links to a (somewhat useful) fluff review by the Medical Daily Web Site (and will hit the visitor with 37 cookies). Fwiw, readers at Slashdot may prefer bypassing it by going the Cell's Current Biology Web Site where they'll be able to find the Authors' Original Summary or perhaps the Full Text instead.

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  3. Re:sigh by dpilot · · Score: 3, Informative

    You mean like Mel Tillis...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis

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