More from the New York Times. The songs they can't forget.
http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/the-songs-they-cant- forget/?em or http://tinyurl.com/dcrxkb This isn't always the case. As her Alzheimer's progressed, my mother lost all interest in her records, which became just noise to her, including her precious collection of Gilbert & Sullivan, songs she had known since childhood. Parenthetically, although I've never studied the field, as the article hints, music therapy seems to stand apart from most such therapies in its refreshing emphasis on empirical data and experimental evidence. A quick check of the abstracts from one of their journals confirms this impression. http://tinyurl.com/c3oz2o Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
