[close] Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses the concept of "brainworms", why certain songs and bits of music seem to lodge themselves in our brains. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.oliversacks.com or http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... [close]

[close] Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses the story of Clive Wearing, an eminent English musician and musicologist. After contracting a form of encephalitis, Clive was stricken with an acute case of amnesia. His musical ability, however, remained undiminished. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.oliversacks.com or http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... [close]

[close] Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses the story of Tony Cicoria, an American surgeon. After being struck by lightning, and suffering cardiac arrest, Dr. Cicoria recovered completely. He later found, however, that he had "insatiable passion to hear piano music" and later began creating and performing his own compositions. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.oliversacks.com or http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... [close]

[close] Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses music, the brain, and the power of rhythm to move us, literally and figuratively. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.oliversacks.com or http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... [close]

[close] Oliver sacks talks about writing Musicophilia and the revisions he made for the paperback edition. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400033539 [close]

[close] Oliver Sacks talks about strokes and the benefits of musical therapy. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400033539

[close] Oliver Sacks talks about Alzheimer's and the power of music. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400033539

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[close] Oliver Sacks - Musicophilia - Bright Blue MusicOliver Sacks talks about musical synesthesia. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... From:knopfgroupViews:9800 7ratingsTime:02:00More inEntertainment [close]

[close] Oliver Sacks - Musicophilia - AmusiaOliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses amusia, the inability or inhibited ability of the brain to process music. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.oliversacks.com or http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... ...From:knopfgroupViews:23848 46ratingsTime:03:58More inEntertainment [close]

[close] oliver sacks - Musicophilia - Music Therapy and Parkinson'sOliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars, discusses the effect of music therapy on Parkinson's disease patients. The story related in the video comes from Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Dr. Sacks's latest book. For more information, visit http://www.oliversacks.com or http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/displ... ...From:knopfgroupViews:21512 32ratingsTime:03:26More inEntertainment [close]