Gonzlez passed away recently perhaps from complications due to her Alzheimer’s, which can affect a person’s memory and movements in profound ways but she had one last chance to.

Gonzlez undoubtably performed Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake hundreds or even thousands of times. For this reason, music therapy for people with dementia uses songs from an individual’s younger days. As a ballerina in NYC during the 60s, Marta C. Hearing music with a strong emotional connection seems to act as a key to unlock the archived memories, and bring at least some of them back. These emotional memories are stored in the same areas of the brain that are responsible for ‘remembering’ basic motor tasks, which we do almost unconsciously, such as brushing our teeth, driving or riding a bike. We tend to make strong emotional connections between certain pieces of music and experiences we’ve had, particularly between the ages of ten and 30, adds Prof Crutch.Īnd this is why, when prompted by a certain song, people with dementia will recall vivid details about, say, going to a concert in their youth – and that may involve not just the song itself, but who they were with, what they wore and what else happened around that time. The information remains even when damage makes accessing it harder. If an internal link led you here, you may. This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Marta González Vázquez (born 1965), Spanish historian and politician. Marta Terry González (19312018), Cuban librarian. The process is akin to archiving documents on your computer, according to Jorg Fachner, professor of music, health and the brain at Anglia Ruskin University. Marta González may refer to: Marta González (swimmer) (born 1995), Spanish swimmer. The Alzheimer’s Society already runs Singing For The Brain sessions while ‘dementia choirs’ have been formed, including one in Nottingham which became the subject of a BBC documentary with Line Of Duty actress Vicky McClure. These services are ‘not a nicety, they’re a necessity’, insists Grace Meadows, programme director for Music For Dementia, a group which campaigns for music to be part of dementia care because it is so effective at alleviating its debilitating symptoms. It led to Health Secretary Matt Hancock last year pledging that more people living with dementia would get access to music and dance sessions. Research by the charity Playlist For Life even found that dementia sufferers exposed to their favourite music were able to reduce by 60 per cent their reliance on antipsychotic medication, which controls symptoms but has serious side effects. And a growing body of scientific research suggests it can relieve common dementia symptoms such as wandering, agitation, aggression, mood swings and anxiety, while also improving speech and language. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that it can bring pleasure when little else seems to.

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