Singing ‘rewires’ damaged brain
Posted By T. F. Kelley on February 24, 2010
By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News, San Diego
Teaching stroke patients to sing “rewires” their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scientists.
By singing, patients use a different area of the brain from the area involved in speech.
If a person’s “speech centre” is damaged by a stroke, they can learn to use their “singing centre” instead.
Researchers presented these findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego.
An ongoing clinical trial, they said, has shown how the brain responds to this “melodic intonation therapy”.
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