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Re: Music for my neurons
I have been watching this thread with interest, and thought I might make my contribution. I used to play the guitar (very badly), but I rarely touch it now. I find that as soon as I start playing, my face fwists up in the most peculiar ways. I think that partly it is that as the progress of PD continues, and various muscles that used to operate on an instinctive level start to fail, we uncosciously take over their control under what I call 'manual mode'. This works fairly well until a task comes along which requires a large comittment of brain power. I think making music fits that category. It's not a complete explanation, I know - Wht should it be the facial muscles which go? (Maybe they make a heavy demand on brain-power?) As they used to say about a certain famous person : He can think, and he can chew gum - but not at the same time -- Thats us! Regards, -- Brian Collins <bjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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