Art In the Presence of Frontotemporal Dementia

April 8, 2008


Bruce Miller and William Seeley

UCSF neurologists William Seeley, MD, and Bruce Miller, MD, director of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, recently reported a fascinating link between the minds of Anne Adams, a Canadian scientist turned artist, and music composer Maurice Ravel, famous for his composition "Bolero." The New York Times wrote about the finding in today's Science Times.

Painting titled Unravelling Bolero

"Unravelling Bolero," by Anne Adams. (See larger)

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