August 6, 2024

Music and Mind Series – Part 2 with Connie Tomaino

Music and Mind Series – Part 2 with Connie Tomaino

About This Episode

How can someone with supposedly no memory recognize a familiar melody? Concetta M. Tomaino, Executive Director and Co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, and long-time collaborator with famed British neurologist Oliver Sacks, dives into the research with host, Meryl Comer. Tomaino shares clinical techniques to help us reach and awaken cognitive reserve in our loved ones with music deep into late-stages of Alzheimer's disease.  You won’t want to miss this episode in BrainStorm’s six-part series that showcases researchers & clinicians featured in Renee Fleming’s anthology Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health.

Support for BrainStorm by UsAgainstAlzheimer’s is provided by Biogen and Genentech

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