Friday, November 9th, 2007

Oliver Sacks - Musicophilia

Join Ira in this segment for a conversation with neurologist and author Oliver Sacks about 'Musicophilia,' his latest book. In this book, Sacks, the author of over a dozen books including 'Awakenings' and 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,' looks at the way music and the brain interact. Why can music sometimes remain in the brain long after other memories fade? Why can a person with limited language abilities still be able to sing unimpaired?

Guests

Oliver Sacks
Author, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Knopf, 2007); An Anthropologist on Mars (1995); The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Vintage, 1985);
Awakenings (Vintage, 1973, 1990)
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University Artist
New York, New York

Related Links

• Oliver Sacks official website
• SciFri Audio: Oliver Sacks on SciFri in December, 2005
• Wired Magazine interview with Sacks

Segment produced by:Karin Vergoth

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