Mell Joshua Chang, Howard Sara M, Miller Bruce L
Genetics Graduate Group, University of California at Davis, USA.
Neurology. 2003 May 27;60(10):1707-10. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000064164.02891.12.
A talented artist developed a progressive aphasia syndrome associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). As her disease progressed, language and executive skills declined, but her paintings became freer and more original. She demonstrates that artistic development can occur in the setting of language-dominant types of FTD. The study of artistic development in the setting of FTD suggests that language is not required for, and may even inhibit, certain types of visual creativity.
一位才华横溢的艺术家患上了与额颞叶痴呆(FTD)相关的进行性失语综合征。随着病情进展,她的语言和执行能力下降,但她的画作却变得更加自由和富有原创性。她证明了艺术发展可以在以语言为主导型的FTD背景下发生。对FTD背景下艺术发展的研究表明,某些类型的视觉创造力并不需要语言,甚至语言可能会起到抑制作用。