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.
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, WC1N 3AR, London, UK. l.stewart@ucl.ac.uk
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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*