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Some musical memories can remain in Alzheimer’s disease

AI-generated cover illustration of an older woman sharing a familiar piano melody with a family member; it does not imply memory restoration.
AI-generated illustration of a small group singing, created for related fact 2129 on 2026-10-25 and reused to illustrate music engagement; not a clinical patient or evidence of memory restoration. Prompt/provenance: `fact-publications/fact-2129/media.md`.

AI-generated cover illustration of an older woman sharing a familiar piano melody with a family member; it does not imply memory restoration.

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Some people with Alzheimer’s disease may retain recognition of familiar melodies or other musical abilities longer than certain language or everyday memories. But this varies greatly between people: music does not reliably restore memory and is not a test that rules out dementia.