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Musicophilia Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks

Music 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...

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It was mentioned in passing as a book by Oliver Sacks, which included a story about a surgeon who was struck by lightning and subsequently developed a passion for music.

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A colleague whom I describe in my book Musicophilia, he is a surgeon here in New York and in 1994 through a freak accident he was struck by lightning.

— Episode: Extended Classic: “Are You Out of Your M...

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It was mentioned in passing as a book by Oliver Sacks, which included a story about a surgeon who was struck by lightning and subsequently developed a passion for music.

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A colleague whom I describe in my book Musicophilia, he is a surgeon here in New York and in 1994 through a freak accident he was struck by lightning.

Episode: Extended Classic: “Are You Out of Your Mind?” with...

Oliver Sacks referenced it while telling a story about a surgeon who was struck by lightning and developed a passion for music. It was mentioned in the context of a colleague described in this book.

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A colleague whom I describe in my book Musicophilia, he is a surgeon here in New York and in 1994 through a freak accident he was struck by lightning.

Lovett or Leave It

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Lovett or Leave It

Zachary Quinto referenced this book by Oliver Sacks, which details a case study of a conductor who lost his memory but could recall his wife through music.

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He was a conductor who recalled his wife in music but could not form new memories after contracting encephalitis.

— Episode: Jane Fonda and Friends

Episode: Jane Fonda and Friends

Zachary Quinto referenced this book by Oliver Sacks, which details a case study of a conductor who lost his memory but could recall his wife through music.

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He was a conductor who recalled his wife in music but could not form new memories after contracting encephalitis.

He wrote about the poor bastard in his 2007 book Musicophilia.

Episode: Jane Fonda and Friends

The hosts praised Oliver Sacks's 2007 book "Musicophilia," calling it a "really good one" and noting its relevance to a discussed case study.

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He wrote about the poor bastard in his 2007 book Musicophilia.

Musicophilia is a really good one.

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