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Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In "Musicophilia," he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people: from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with amusia, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds--for everything but music.

Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: 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 whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in "Musicophilia," Oliver Sacks tells us why.]]> 1297985 16 2304379 book 16 10 2007 Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain total:2223|5:447|4:833|3:731|2:207|1:35| 2223 8091 5436 618 843200 3.94 13925 1867 11781829 48216 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 1920
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 4 9 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 08:53:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 07:09:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 17568041 914234 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 2 5 false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 21:30:28 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 13:39:11 -0700 2008 Musicophilia covers a wide range of tremendously interesting instances of musics odd effects on the mind, however it's anecdotal nature is both its greatest strength and greatest weakness. Because the stories fly by quickly it is easy to tear through a number of them and find your self sa...more...]]> 23998651 26188 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 2 3 false Sun Jun 08 12:48:01 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 12:41:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16871142 66632 80049 1400040817 9781400040810 64 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-m-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-s-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80049.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.60 187
Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In "Musicophilia," he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people: from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with amusia, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds--for everything but music.

Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: 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 whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in "Musicophilia," Oliver Sacks tells us why.]]> 2007 5 3 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 20:23:26 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 20:40:11 -0800 2008 The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. I still completely amazed, and a little bit disturbed, when I think back to his account of the woman who lost her sense of proprioception - the internal body sense that lets you know y...more...]]> 16402888 332276 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 4 3 false Tue Feb 26 07:15:36 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 18:38:58 -0800 2008
I love mr. sacks' delightful anecdotal storytelling and his intellect that makes fresh and accessible the study of the brain. It *almost* makes the issues dealt ...more...]]> 46399694 236810 2626281 1400033535 9781400033539 19 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/26/281/2626281-m-1255842244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/26/281/2626281-s-1255842244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2626281.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.96 56 Amazon Best of the Month, December 2007: Legendary R&B icon Ray Charles claimed that he was "born with music inside me," and neurologist Oliver Sacks believes Ray may have been right. 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]]> 2007 5 1 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 06:41:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 20:39:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 17117121 859205 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 5 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 16:35:39 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 09:46:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11788668 67550 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 3 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 10:30:28 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 04:53:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 10747447 291009 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 4 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 20 07:58:52 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 17 07:22:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7264159 124136 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 3 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 12:13:33 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 07:06:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 65313366 2571275 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:09:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:11:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38320952 1115629 2626281 1400033535 9781400033539 19 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/26/281/2626281-m-1255842244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/26/281/2626281-s-1255842244.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2626281.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223 Amazon Best of the Month, December 2007: Legendary R&B icon Ray Charles claimed that he was "born with music inside me," and neurologist Oliver Sacks believes Ray may have been right. 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]]> 2007 3 1 false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 21 11:25:35 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 28 14:02:32 -0800 2009
The message here is that music is not some frivolous side effect of our neurology...more...]]> 9420312 275927 80049 1400040817 9781400040810 64 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-m-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-s-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80049.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In "Musicophilia," he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people: from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with amusia, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds--for everything but music.

Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: 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 whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in "Musicophilia," Oliver Sacks tells us why.]]> 2007 2 3 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 23:06:59 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 14:34:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 9299425 628868 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 4 1 false Sun Jan 06 05:55:55 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 19 04:30:26 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 05:55:31 -0800 2008
Now finished. I love Sacks. I always learn something. His 'stories'...more...]]> 10144862 664522 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 0 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 11:57:52 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 12:06:51 -0800 2007 more...]]> 47712019 2079083 80049 1400040817 9781400040810 64 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-m-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-s-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80049.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In "Musicophilia," he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people: from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with amusia, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds--for everything but music.

Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: 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 whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in "Musicophilia," Oliver Sacks tells us why.]]> 2007 2 1 false Fri Feb 27 13:06:31 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 21:50:30 -0800 2009 15506909 635936 80049 1400040817 9781400040810 64 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-m-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/80/49/80049-s-1256159092.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80049.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
Oliver Sacks's compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In "Musicophilia," he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people: from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with amusia, to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds--for everything but music.

Our exquisite sensitivity to music can sometimes go wrong: Sacks explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: 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 whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in "Musicophilia," Oliver Sacks tells us why.]]> 2007 3 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 12:38:46 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 23:25:49 -0700 2008 musicophilia. very quickly, and much to my chagrin, i found myself wearied by repetitive prose and dull analysis. while most of the cases sacks describes are indeed fascinating and re...more...]]> 45595208 204231 3862336 0330418386 9780330418386 6 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3862336.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.75 20
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 0 1 false Fri Feb 06 15:59:07 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 20 03:35:42 -0700 2009
What I'd really like to know is why, ...more...]]> 41487016 1149587 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 4 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 08:44:46 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:19:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39651372 253624 1297985 0676979785 9780676979787 513 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-m-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/12/985/1297985-s-1256159112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain 3.64 2223
In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer.
This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.]]> 2007 2 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:21:43 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:22:27 -0800 2008
"Musicophilia" is a bunch of case studies about how ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=80049