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Exploring the extraordinary effects of music on brains.
If you're fascinated by the intersection of neuroscience and the arts, you'll find 'Musicophilia' to be an enthralling exploration. Oliver Sacks has an exceptional talent for making complex topics both accessible and deeply personal. Through captivating stories of individuals, Sacks reveals the profound impact music can have on the human brain and our emotional world, altering the way we comprehend our own mental landscape.
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ISBN: 9780330523592
Authors:
Oliver Sacks
Publisher: Picador USA
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 71665 readers)
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A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders. Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people—those struck by affliction, unusual talent, and even, in one case, by lightning—to show not only that music occupies more areas of our brain than language does, but also that it can torment, calm, organize, and heal. Always wise and compellingly readable, these stories alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human.
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Exploring the extraordinary effects of music on brains.
If you're fascinated by the intersection of neuroscience and the arts, you'll find 'Musicophilia' to be an enthralling exploration. Oliver Sacks has an exceptional talent for making complex topics both accessible and deeply personal. Through captivating stories of individuals, Sacks reveals the profound impact music can have on the human brain and our emotional world, altering the way we comprehend our own mental landscape.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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