Neuropsychology: music of the hemispheres.
Music may be the food of love but it is also good fodder for cognitive scientists. Here we highlight a recent study of a neuropsychological patient who has lost her ability to read music, but not text, in the absence of any other musical deficit.
Stewart
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Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, WC1N 3AR, London, UK. l.stewart@ucl.ac.uk
Walsh
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D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D004684:Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000503:physiopathology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009146:Music; D009484:Neuropsychology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology*