Musical abilities are among the last to be lost in cases of brain damage?

[chen-gia tsai <tsai.cc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

Oliver Sacks reported:

"For reasons we do not yet understand, musical abilities often are among the last to be lost, 
even in cases of widespread brain damage."

Sacks, O. (2002) When music heals, Parade Magazine, March 31, 2002, pp. 4-5. 
http://www.bobjanuary.com/hhh/oliver.htm

Is there discussion on the issue 'musical abilities are among the last to be lost in cases of brain damage' in neurosciences? Any journal paper?
Thanks.



Tsai, Chen-Gia
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Post-doc. fellow
Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
tsai_chen_gia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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