

Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Author: Oliver Sacks
Narrator: John Lee
Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
Published: 10/16/2007
Categories: Nonfiction, Music, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Self-help, Personal Growth, Psychology, Neuropsychology
Synopsis
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. In MUSICOPHILIA, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. He explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson’s disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer’s or amnesia.
Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in MUSICOPHILIA, Oliver Sacks tells us why.