http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/11/14/despite-debilitating-memory-loss-an-amnesic-cellist-learns-and-remembers-music/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/11/14/despite-debilitating-memory-loss-an-amnesic-cellist-learns-and-remembers-music/comment-page-1/#comment-2570474 G Wilkins Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:20:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=33279#comment-2570474 Another angle to approach this is what if things we're passionate about branch out to other parts of the brain. PM obviously loves music. Would a singer be able to recall past musical pieces and learn new ones because their brain is wired for song? Would an origami enthusiast be able to fold long-learned patterns and pick up new ones? What about a chef? A watercolor artist? It'd be worth looking in to. Another angle to approach this is what if things we’re passionate about branch out to other parts of the brain. PM obviously loves music. Would a singer be able to recall past musical pieces and learn new ones because their brain is wired for song?
Would an origami enthusiast be able to fold long-learned patterns and pick up new ones?
What about a chef? A watercolor artist?
It’d be worth looking in to.

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