Bibliograph

Musicophilia, tales of music and the brain, Oliver Sacks

Type

Label

Musicophilia, tales of music and the brain, Oliver Sacks

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-409) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Musicophilia

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

430828373

Responsibility statement

Oliver Sacks

Sub title

tales of music and the brain

Summary

"Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls "musical misalignments." Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with "amusia," to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds - for everything but music. Dr. Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people who are deeply disoriented by Alzheimer's or schizophrenia." - Back cover

Table Of Contents

Haunted by music -- Range of musicality -- Memory, movement, and music -- Emotion, identity, and music

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