Artistic expressions born of brain disorders
Many people who have suffered brain damage turn to creating art. Researchers are studying them to help unravel how the brain works.
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Lester Potts( Daniel C. Potts )
Lester Potts had never picked up a paintbrush before his Alzheimer's diagnosis, in 2001 at the age of 72. He had worked in a rural Alabama sawmill through the Great Depression, had served in the Korean War and grew into an even-keeled and dependable civic leader. But when his brain disorder struck, Potts lost the ability to take care of himself, and he sank into depression.
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