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How a rare dementia unleashes creativity

UCSF-led research reveals brain changes that turn patients into artists

UnRavelling Bolero by Anne Adams, 1994. The piece deconstructed Ravel’s famous song Bolero. With all 340 bars transformed into symbols and colors. (Courtesy of UCSF Memory and Aging Center)
UnRavelling Bolero by Anne Adams, 1994. The piece deconstructed Ravel’s famous song Bolero. With all 340 bars transformed into symbols and colors. (Courtesy of UCSF Memory and Aging Center)
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