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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.
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> 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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