[ExI] Music again (Was: Re: what's the use?)

[Keith Henson]

On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 4:09 AM BillK via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> Music and speech have some overlap in the brain regions involved.
> A stroke in the area opposite Broca's area can indeed impair musical
> ability, but not totally eliminate it, as Broca's area is involved in
> both language and music.

The example Sacks cited (from memory) was a total wipeout.  A woman
violist (IRRC) woke up one day with her musical ability completely
gone.  It was a total mystery for some time until she had an MRI of
her brain which showed the dead stroke area.  As I recall, she never
recovered any musical ability.

Keith

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