![]() He writes about common everyday phenomena (eg, “earworms,” in which a catchy tune keeps going through one’s mind). The music triggered many happy childhood memories, and he started to feel alive again. One day he was walking down the street and heard a radio playing Schubert through an open basement window. He writes about the experience of feeling emotionally numb after his mother died. He does this by sharing his own personal history, followed by a series of clinical vignettes. In Musicophilia, the eminent neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks explores the important role that music plays in our lives and in the lives of our patients. ![]() WEAKNESSES Footnotes interrupt narrative flow some case histories are repeated from his earlier book, An Anthropologist on MarsĪUDIENCE Musicians, music lovers, and medical practitioners with an interest in the correlation between music and neuroanatomy STRENGTHS Well written erudite short chapters easy to read ![]()
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