Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (685 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000XE3XLG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain examines the extreme effects of music on the human brain and how lives can be utterly transformed by the simplest of harmonies. With clinical studies covering the tragic (individuals afflicted by an inability to connect with any melody) and triumphant (Alzheimer's patients who find order and comfort through music), Sacks provides an erudite look at the notion that humans are truly a "musical species." --Dave Callanan. Best of the Month, December 2007: Legendary R&B icon Ray Charles c
Amazon Customer said My all time favorite Sacks book (have them all). My all time favorite Sacks book (have them all), and a "must read" for true music lovers (who also love to read). Extremely in-depth, encyclopedic realm of the world of sounds and nusic. Not to worry; Sacks also has all the weird neuro stuff, too. I wish my neurologist would read this. I have purchased multiple copies of this book for others, as well as for myself. Probably not for those who don't love to read, but I have this on my list of top reads in a lifetime of truly excessive reading. Incredible and delicious.. Okay PLH Well written, but a bit heavy on the reminiscencing and psycho-analysis/mental abnormalities for my taste. (I thought this was more about the role of music in healthy mental health.. Love this book walstib11 Great somewhat clinical read. I purchased several books from Oliver Sacks, this was the first I read. Well written, exposing interesting cases about a variety effects of music (both good and bad) can have on the human brain. Look forward to reading more from this doctor.
An illuminating book about the power of music, from the bestselling author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat".Oliver Sacks has been hailed by the "New York Times" as 'one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century'. In this eagerly awaited new book, the subject of his uniquely literate scrutiny is music: our relationship with it, our facility for it, and what this most universal of passions says about us.In chapters examining savants and synaesthetics, depressives and musical dreamers, Sacks succeeds not only in articulating the musical experience but in locating it in the human brain. And in so doing he shows, as only he can, both the extraordinary spectrum of human expression and the capacity of music to heal.Wise, compassionate and compellingly readable, "Musicophilia" promises, like all the best writing, to alter our conception of who we are and how we function, to lend a fascinating insight into the mysteries of the mind, and to show us what it is to be human.. He follows the experiences of patients suddenly drawn to or suddenly divorced from music. He shows that music is not simply about sound, but also movement, visualization, and silence