Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback)
August 11th, 2009 by Admin, under CD Stands. 10 Comments
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon 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 triu (more…)
10 Comments
Raheem on August 12th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Musicophillia
I loved this book. It gives multiple examples of an area that is not generally covered in neuropsychology.
Emilie on August 12th, 2009
2.0 out of 5 stars
Painful to read unfortunately
This book is so poorly written as to make it’s fascinating subject matter almost uninteresting. Oliver Sacks is so narcissistic, self absorbed and self referential that is it a…
Xanti on August 12th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant book
This book is a brilliant discussion of the neurology of music. It discusses the ‘musical brain’ and how the brain is connected to musical perception and expression.
Deniz on August 12th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific for musicians
As a retired professional musician (orchestra, professorship, teacher of youngsters, and a jazzer too), I certainly wish I had read this book earlier! Very enlightening.
Yasunari on August 12th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascianting tales of music and the brain
Only part way thru the book at this point, but it is a fascinating insight into the effects of music on the brain…
Wright on August 13th, 2009
3.0 out of 5 stars
The power of music!
The brain is a strange machine. It is capable of so many outstanding feats. Yet we sometimes call such feats abnormal. Why?
Etan on August 13th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quite a Melody
Fascinating.
Adept.
Insightful.
The usual I expect from Sacks.
Anonymous on August 13th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fast read, intriguing stories
I really enjoyed reading this book. At first I was not looking forward to it as it seems technical and very thick.
Haines on August 13th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Musicophilia
Fascinating book on the power of music to disturb, inspire, or restore the mind. As always, Oliver Saks relates the story through personal stories of his patients as well as some…
Ulmer on August 11th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sounds good!
Really interesting book. I work on music with relation to science so this book is really interesting for me.