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Music Can Help Restore Stroke Patients' Sight
Date:3/25/2009

23 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Our results are very promising, although we would like to look at a much larger group of patients with visual neglect and with other neuropsychological impairments," Soto said. "Our findings suggest that we should think more carefully about the individual emotional factors in patients with visual neglect and in other neurological patients following a stroke," Soto said.

"Music appears to improve awareness because of its positive emotional effect on the patient, so similar beneficial effects may also be gained by making the patient happy in other ways. This is something we are keen to investigate further," he said.

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-- Robert Preidt



SOURCE: Imperial College London, news release, March 23, 2009


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