By Pam Bullock | April 18, 2011 |

The other day, Paul Simon was rehearsing a favorite song: his own “Darling Lorraine,” about a love that starts hot but turns very cold. He found himself thinking about a three-note rhythmic pattern near the end, where Lorraine (spoiler alert) gets sick and dies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/science/19brain.html?_r=3

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