Quote from Lukas Matern

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First Name: 
Lukas
Last Name: 
Matern
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On the importance of a knowledge base

Affiliation: 
CC‘14
Quote: 

“I started cello in 7th grade and was still pretty new at the instrument, so I wanted a setting with a willing and perceptive audience. [Nursing home residents] always enjoyed it so much and a concept was forged in my mind between healing and music. From performing, I’ve realized that the arts and human interaction offer temporary reprieves from suffering, if not lasting cognitive benefits. I have [nursing home] residents come up to me after I play and say, ‘That meant so much. Thank you.’… I want to bring this kind of individual connection to my work as a doctor.”

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