Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain
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Published:
New York : Knopf, 2007.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
pages ; cm.
Street Date:
0710
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9781400040810 : HRD, 1400040817 : HRD, 9781400040810 (HRD), 1400040817 (HRD), 1400040817, 9781400040810, 1400040817, 9781400040810, 1400040817, 9781400040810, 1400040817, 9781400040810, 1400040817, 9781400040810, 1400040817, 9781400040810, 9781400033539, 1400040817

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Description
Drawing on the individual experiences of patients, musicians, composers, and ordinary people, the author explores the complex human response to music, and how music can affect those suffering from a variety of ailments.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Sacks, O. (2007). Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain. First edition. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015. 2007. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Knopf, 2007.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Sacks, Oliver. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. First edition. Knopf, 2007.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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5050 |a 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 ; Brain worms, 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 : musicality and blindness ; The key of clear green : synesthesia and music -- Memory, movement, and music. In the moment : music and amnesia ; Speech and song : music therapy and aphasia ; Accidental davening : dyskinesia and cantillation ; Touch heaven : music and Tourette's syndrome ; Keeping time : rhythm and movement ; Kinetic melody: music therapy and parkinson's disease -- Phantom fingers: the case of the one-armed pianist ; Athletes of the small muscles : musician's dystonia -- Emotion, identity, and music. Awake and asleep : musical dreams ; Indifference to music ; Lamentations : music and depression ; The case of Harry S. : music and emotion ; Irrepressible : music and the temporal lobes ;A hypermusical species : Williams syndrome ; Music and identity : music therapy and dementia.
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