# Is music memory preserved in Alzheimers dementia?

**URL:** <https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/is-music-memory-preserved-in-alzheimers-dementia/31439>\
**Category:** Neuroscience, Psychology, and Health\
**Tags:** dementia\
**Created:** [March 1, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/is-music-memory-preserved-in-alzheimers-dementia/31439 "2016-03-01T21:24:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![julias](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@julias](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/julias)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/is-music-memory-preserved-in-alzheimers-dementia/31439/1 "2016-03-01T21:24:46Z")

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I’m doing a project into how music memory can be retained in moderate to severe dementia and would really appreciate if anyone can help me with my research. Any suggestions of journals or webpages or just advice would be greatly appreciated!  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/is-music-memory-preserved-in-alzheimers-dementia/31439/2 "2016-03-17T21:13:40Z")

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I’m not familiar with any studies about it, but I searched around and found these related links:  
[http://www.alzfdn.org/EducationandCare/musictherapy.html](http://www.alzfdn.org/EducationandCare/musictherapy.html)  
[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914108/](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2914108/)

and a film: