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010 _a2007006810
020 _a9781400040810
020 _a1400040817
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm85692744
035 _a(OCoLC)85692744
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049 _aBAUN_MERKEZ
050 0 4 _aML3830
_b.S13 2008
082 0 0 _222
100 1 _aSacks, Oliver W
245 1 0 _aMusicophilia :
_btales of music and the brain /
_cOliver Sacks
250 _a1st ed
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2007.
300 _axiv, 381 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-367) and index
520 _aMusic can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does--humans are a musical species. 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. Here, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and Oliver Sacks tells us why.--From publisher description
505 0 0 _tPreface
_tPart I: Haunted by Music
_tA Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia
_tA Strangely Familiar Feeling: Musical Seizures
_tFear of Music: Musicogenic Epilepsy
_tMusic on the Brain: Imagery and Imagination
_tBrainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes
_tMusical Hallucinations
_tPart II: A Range of Musicality
_tSense and Sensibility: A Range of Musicality
_tThings Fall Apart: Amusia and Dysharmonia
_tPapa Blows His Nose in G: Absolute Pitch
_tPitch Imperfect: Cochlear Amusia
_tIn Living Stereo: Why We Have Two Ears
_tTwo Thousand Operas: Musical Savants
_tAn Auditory World: Music and Blindness
_tThe Key of Clear Green: Synesthesia and Music
_tPart III: Memory, Movement, and Music
_tIn the Moment: Music and Amnesia
_tSpeech and Song: Aphasia and Music Therapy
_tAccidental Davening: Dyskinesia and Cantillation
_tCome Together: Music and Tourette's Syndrome
_tKeeping Time: Rhythm and Movement
_tKinetic Melody: Parkinson's Disease and Music Therapy
_tPhantom Fingers: The Case of the One-Armed Pianist
_tAthletes of the Small Muscles: Musician's Dystonia
_tPart IV: Emotion, Identity, and Music
_tAwake and Asleep: Musical Dreams
_tSeduction and Indifference
_tLamentations: Music and Depression
_tThe Case of Harry S.: Music and Emotion
_tIrrepressible: Music and the Temporal Lobes
_tA Hypermusical Species: Williams Syndrome
_tMusic and Identity: Dementia and Music Therapy
_tAcknowledgments
_tBibliography
_tIndex
650 0 _aMusic
_xPhysiological aspects
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