What Chopin Can Teach Us About Mental Illness Today and in the Past
Sometimes I wonder how anyone living hundreds of years ago survived into adulthood. My daughter wouldn’t have–she has had a couple of terrible illnesses that in an earlier era would have been untreatable. It wouldn’t take much: things as simple as an ear infection, a deep cut, or even being very near-sighted would have been [...]
Tags: brain function, depression, epilepsy, Frederic Chopin, mental illness, music
Posted January 26, 2011 by Marghi Merzenich under Neuroscience, Research studies
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