A new documentary explores the way creative arts bypass the limitations of dementias such as Alzheimer's. Watch highlights showing patients' still-vibrant imaginations strengthened through therapeutic art.
Neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks tells how all his patients with dementias such as Alzheimer's, "without exception, respond to music. This is especially true of old songs and songs they once knew."
Whether it's the first dance at your wedding or the theme song of your high school years, music can trigger a flood of memories. New research is mapping these linked musical memories to areas of the brain least effected by dementias such as Alzheimer's, offering novel therapies.
Stacy Fuller, Amon Carter Museum's head of education, developed the "Sharing the Past Through Art" program. It and others have revealed that despite short-term memory problems, people with Alzheimer's can do more than expected.
