Brain scans reveal why some patients with frontotemporal dementia show a burst of visual creativity.
, will be followed by a 30-minute panel discussion on creativity and brain science by UCSF’s Miller and other experts.Frontotemporal dementia , which affects about 60,000 Americans, is different from Alzheimer’s disease. It typically affects people younger — in their 50s and 60s — such as actor Bruce Willis. It doesn’t affect memory; rather, it changes behavior and language. It is incurable, and there are no approved therapies to slow or alter its course.
called von Economo neurons. This part of the brain does a lot of things — but its most important job is language and social behavior. Patients who were artists become more visually obsessed. But even people with no previous interest in art become engaged in their new hobby for many hours a day. A third, Dick Smith, became a constant walker as he declined. He wasn’t experienced in art, and was too restless to focus. But as he circled, caregivers handed him a paint brush. With each restless loop, his colors changed.
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