Preserved musical semantic memory in semantic dementia.
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ABSTRACT: Objective
To understand the scope of semantic impairment in semantic dementia.Design
Case study.Setting
Academic medical center.Patient
A man with semantic dementia, as demonstrated by clinical, neuropsychological, and imaging studies.Main outcome measures
Music performance and magnetic resonance imaging results.Results
Despite profoundly impaired semantic memory for words and objects due to left temporal lobe atrophy, this semiprofessional musician was creative and expressive in demonstrating preserved musical knowledge.Conclusion
Long-term representations of words and objects in semantic memory may be dissociated from meaningful knowledge in other domains, such as music.
SUBMITTER: Weinstein J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268521 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Preserved musical semantic memory in semantic dementia.
Weinstein Jessica J Koenig Phyllis P Gunawardena Delani D McMillan Corey C Bonner Michael M Grossman Murray M
Archives of neurology 20110201 2
<h4>Objective</h4>To understand the scope of semantic impairment in semantic dementia.<h4>Design</h4>Case study.<h4>Setting</h4>Academic medical center.<h4>Patient</h4>A man with semantic dementia, as demonstrated by clinical, neuropsychological, and imaging studies.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Music performance and magnetic resonance imaging results.<h4>Results</h4>Despite profoundly impaired semantic memory for words and objects due to left temporal lobe atrophy, this semiprofessional musicia ...[more]
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