Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Revised, Expanded)

Title: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Revised, Expanded) Author: Sacks, Oliver ISBN: 9781400033539 Publisher: Vintage Published: 2008 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Psychology 1512030 Publisher Description: Revised and Expanded With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls "musical misalignments." Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, w