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I also heard that this morning. Story telling has sooo many positive
aspects from recalling history to making people feel positive within their
lives.
Margie

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Beryl Rosenthal <
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> I heard that this morning, and was very excited about it.  It takes the
> pressure off patients who can't remember, and their families, who get
> frustrated and see them as "gone" - creativity lives on!
> Beryl
> On May 14, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Charlie Carlson wrote:
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> > There are a couple of interesting and potentially informative stories
> about the role of story telling in our lives and pick up almost exclusively
> on the affective role of creating a story from the events or facts at hand.
> > The cohort is folks with dementia, but the application is much more
> universally applicable with many parallels to informal education.  (I know
> this is going to sound like a joke, but it's not.)  I put it out there
> because of the controlled double blind nature of one of research papers,
> > and relevance to affective aspects of learning, and conversation.  No
> one ever fails a story, and I found the affective parallel between story
> telling and learning striking.
> >
> >
> > Alzheimer's Patients Turn To Stories Instead Of Memories : Shots -
> Health Blog : NPR
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> http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/05/14/152442084/alzheimers-patients-turn-to-stories-instead-of-memories
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