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Using Music To Unlock a Locked Brain

Have you seen this video? If not, grab some tissues and get comfortable, because the water, it just comes out of your face.

Dementia, Alzheimer’s, stroke … the list of horrible neurological impairments goes on and on. These are people whose brains are no longer communicating with the world around them, failing to make sense of the inputs and outputs. But that doesn’t mean that their brains are completely broken.

When we look into the eyes of those suffering from these disorders, we see that the human is still inside, in different ways for different patients. Are they fully vocal and trapped in a body without speech? Do they hear your every word and are unable to respond? For some, like this wonderful clip shows, the brain’s connections between music, emotion, and how we use it to communicate beyond speech might still be intact. Music could be our only way in for some people.

I’ve posted the original video here from MusicandMemory.org. If you’d like to help or donate a new or used iPod, visit their website.

The film “Alive Inside” is playing at NYC’s Rubin Museum of Art beginning next week. For more on the science behind music therapy, check this out. And here’s some Cab Calloway for ya, Henry!!!!!

Ahh, the pure joy of science :)

(by MusicandMemory1)

(via fuckyeahmedicalstuff)

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Butters is wonderful.

I never thought I’d identify with anything from South Park, but damn. This is kind of like Arthur’s speech about happiness in Cabin Pressure.

This could quite possibly be the most important thing I learned during my four month stay in the South Park fandom. This is super legitimate; I live by this notion.

People like Butters are my favorite kind of people. No lie.

This is always relevant.

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Butters is my favorite. He’s the best!