Subject: Musical abilities are among the last to be lost in cases of brain From: chen-gia tsai <tsai.cc(at)LYCOS.COM> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:40:58 -0500Dear 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 ------------------ Post-doc. fellow Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan tsai_chen_gia(at)yahoo.com.tw -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10