July 13, 2023
UCSF-led research reveals brain changes that promote visual creativity.
For decades, doctors have noticed a rare burst of visual creativity that occurs among a small number of patients with dementia, echoing the same strange phenomenon among patients who have had a stroke or other brain injury. Now, a collaboration of 27 scientists led by UC San Francisco has offered new insights into how this talent develops as key areas of the brain degenerate.
Full article: How a Rare Dementia Transforms Patients Into Artists | UC San Francisco (ucsf.edu)