When Research Hits the Right Notes

“Before joining the Language, Music and Dementia project team, I only saw music as an artistic endeavor and didn’t realize that it could literally shape the physical structure and functional networks of the brain,” the senior confesses. “That was my ‘aha moment’ and the point when I knew the path I wanted to take, and I’m so grateful to Edna Andrews for believing in me because she has truly helped me find an interest that I wouldn’t have discovered anywhere else.”