Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
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Bindung: Gebundene Ausgabe
Dewey-Dezimalklassifikation: 781.11
EAN: 9781400040810
Ausgabe: 1
ISBN: 1400040817
Label: Knopf, N.Y.
Hersteller: Knopf, N.Y.
Anzahl Seiten: 400
Erscheinungsdatum: Oktober 16, 2007
Herausgeber: Knopf, N.Y.
Studio: Knopf, N.Y.
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Produktbeschreibung:Amazon.com: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
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By now, it's a given that an Oliver Sacks' book is worth your time and close attention. His particular talent lies in making the science interesting without becoming a "pop-science" writer. This is not an easy achievement, but Sacks manages it with facility. He can explain the science in terms of case studies - many of which have claimed his medical attention. He does this while mixing in experiences of his own and some personal reflections which are anything but intrusions. While some of his books are essays on selected individuals ["An Anthropologist on Mars" is an example], this one has a very special focus: the minds that make music unbidden.
Music arising in the mind without prompting may seem a common enough occurence. The advertising industry has demonstated fully music as an uncontrollable meme. The cases Sacks portrays here are of another sort. In some cases the music has taken over - sometimes supplanting other thinking processes and reducing the victim to near helplessness. ...
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Musicophilia made me realize how others perceive music. It was a shock. I assumed that everyone experienced music the same way. Wrong!
Do you ever ask anyone what happens when they hear music? I didn't before I read this book. Now I plan to ask everyone.
Dr. Sacks has the kind of fine writing style and awareness of music that makes his tales seem as appealing as the cases that Dr. Sigmund Freud wrote about. As Dr. Sacks pointed out, Dr. Freud didn't care for music so that gentleman failed to investigate and report on many of the phenomena in this book.
We don't exactly know why the mind and body interact with music in the ways that they do. Part is undoubtedly heredity. Part is undoubtedly due to exposure to musical influences. Some may relate to the language spoken in the home. Difficulties with seeing may also be an influence. Injuries to the body and brain can play a large role. Dr. Sacks does a masterly job of using case after case to explore one aspect or ...
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Musicophilia made me realize how others perceive music. It was a shock. I assumed that everyone experienced music the same way. Wrong!
Do you ever ask anyone what happens when they hear music? I didn't before I read this book. Now I plan to ask everyone.
Dr. Sacks has the kind of fine writing style and awareness of music that makes his tales seem as appealing as the cases that Dr. Sigmund Freud wrote about. As Dr. Sacks pointed out, Dr. Freud didn't care for music so that gentleman failed to investigate and report on many of the phenomena in this book.
We don't exactly know why the mind and body interact with music in the ways that they do. Part is undoubtedly heredity. Part is undoubtedly due to exposure to musical influences. Some may relate to the language spoken in the home. Difficulties with seeing may also be an influence. Injuries to the body and brain can play a large role. Dr. Sacks does a masterly job of using case after case to explore one aspect or ...
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Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks is a well written, entertaining exploration of our perception, understanding and enjoyment of music. Those who enjoy music or do not enjoy music may well find that there are concrete, scientific reasons for it. He discusses the extremes of musical experience, from those people who can no longer hear or for some reason enjoy music, to those whose existence is defined by music.
Ignorance of the science involved is not detrimental to understanding the topics discussed. Oliver Sacks clarifies and defines without giving the feeling that this is a boring lecture. At the end of the book one feels enlightened and eager to listen very closely to one's personal and public world. All sounds acquire a different meaning and depth.
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