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AUTHOR |
Sacks, Oliver W. |
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TITLE |
Musicophilia : tales of music and the brain / Oliver Sacks. |
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IMPRINT |
London : Picador, 2007. |
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DESCRIPTION |
xiv, 381 p. ; 25 cm. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliography (p.353-367) & index (p.369-381). |
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NOTE |
On t.p. in the word Musicophilia "s" appears as a segno, "p" appears as a minim and a pause sign appears over each "i.". |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-367) and index (p.369-381). |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Haunted by music. A bolt from the blue : sudden musicophilia ; A strangely familiar feeling : musical seizures ; Fear of music : musicogenic epilepsy ; Music on the brain : imagery and imagination ; Brainworms, sticky music and catchy tunes ; Musical hallucinations -- A range of musicality. Sense and sensibility : a range of musicality ; Things fall apart : amusia and dysharmonia ; Papa blows his nose in G : absolute pitch ; Pitch imperfect : cochlear amusia ; In living stereo : why we have two ears ; Two thousand operas : musical savants ; An auditory world : music and blindness ; The key of clear green : synesthesia and music -- Memory, movement, and music. In the moment : music and amnesia ; Speech and song : aphasia and music therapy ; Accidental davening : dyskinesia and cantillation ; Come together : music and Tourette's Syndrome ; Keeping time : rhythm and movement ; Kinetic melod. |
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SUBJECT |
Music -- Physiological aspects. |
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SUBJECT |
Music -- Psychological aspects. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Music. |
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ISBN |
9780330444361 (pbk.). |
