04/04/2012
I just discovered Oliver Sachs's 2007 bestseller "Musicophelia." He examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people—from a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of kids with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; from people with “amusia,” to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds—for everything but music.
The soundfiles in this podcast are from interviews with Oliver Sachs featured on youtube.
The photographs are c/o Owen Phillips, posted today on Google+.
According to Phillips:
"These are images I made of the brain's connectivity. They are unique because they show the average connections of a group of people and not just a single individual."
Thank you Oliver Sacks and Owen Phillips for the insight.
