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How Crossword Puzzles Unlocked An Artist's Memory

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<p>Artist Lonni Sue Johnson created this piece, <em>Clothes That Hang Up in the Closet,</em> in 2008, the year after she contracted viral encephalitis, which destroyed parts of her brain. Now researchers at Johns Hopkins University are hoping Johnson can help unravel some of the mysteries of memory. </p> (Courtesy of Walters Art Museum)

Artist Lonni Sue Johnson created this piece, Clothes That Hang Up in the Closet, in 2008, the year after she contracted viral encephalitis, which destroyed parts of her brain. Now researchers at Johns Hopkins University are hoping Johnson can help unravel some of the mysteries of memory.

(Courtesy of Walters Art Museum)

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