Wednesday, 24 February 2010

The power of singing

Read the fascinating article about how singing helps stroke patients with speaking difficulties communicate. It appears that singing uses a different part of the brain from the area involved in speech which may have become damaged. So whilst a stroke patient may not be able to form intelligible words talking he is able to sing these and be understood.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8526699.stm

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