Blogs about: Musicophilia
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Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia
Sacks got plenty of mixed reviews (and I linked to a couple of them in this blog too — here and here, for example). Thus, I approached the book with a bit of trepidation. However, I need not hav… more »
Entertaining Research
The past - inside the present
msmisplaced wrote 1 week ago: Boards of Canada’s music has aged in the best possible way. The songs are still so affecting a … more »
Recent Reads #1
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readerville wrote 1 week ago: Since I’m new to this whole blogging thing, there are several books I’ve read recently ( … more »
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
xylorimba wrote 3 weeks ago: What is the relationship between music and those with Williams syndrome, or Tourette’s? What h … more »
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
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nliakos wrote 1 month ago: by Oliver Sacks (narrated by John Lee) When does Oliver Sacks actually do neurology? He is so proli … more »
Music and Medicine
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theneurotic wrote 1 month ago: Seems music therapy is getting more attention these days. I wonder if Sacks’ latest book, Musi … more »
musicophilia
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Deb wrote 2 months ago: I’ve always lived in a gray zone with music - it is a constant in my life and part of the reas … more »
This Song's For You
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kim wrote 3 months ago: Do you often hear music in your head since you lost your hearing? Dr. Oliver Sachs explains the re … more »
Lecture - Oliver Sacks - Musicophilia
mwiner wrote 4 months ago: TVO (public television in Ontario) recently aired a lecture by Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and an … more »
Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia
Guru wrote 5 months ago: Sacks got plenty of mixed reviews (and I linked to a couple of them in this blog too — here an … more »
Yet another review of Musicophilia
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Guru wrote 5 months ago: Jessica Phillips-Silver reviews Oliver Sacks’ Musicophilia for Science (and has quite a few ni … more »
5 Gift Ideas for Music and Tech Lovers
Sandra Possing wrote 7 months ago: Having officially commenced my holiday gift shopping today (including one of the below recommendatio … more »
The quiet times
roachcoder wrote 7 months ago: I’m working on a project now that’s eating at my free time and requiring lots of creativ … more »
Price we pay for our powers of ratiocination
Guru wrote 8 months ago: Sacks also describes a rare congenital disorder called Williams syndrome, in which people never deve … more »
How Sacks found empathy
Guru wrote 8 months ago: Jonah Lehrer, in this piece in Seed, talks to Oliver Sacks, and tells about the not-so-well-known as … more »
"The Ghosts We Think We See"
podblack wrote 8 months ago: After a fairly uneventful Halloween (although I got via email some very talented pumpkin carvings by … more »
Another critique of Sacks' Musicophilia
Guru wrote 8 months ago: Gerard McBurney in the NewStatesman (via A&L Daily) (The first few paragraphs of the online vers … more »
A critique of Sacks' Musicophilia
Guru wrote 9 months ago: A piece by Kevin Burger in Salon asks if Sacks has struck the wrong note: Unfortunately, Wearing … more »
