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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Name: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
ISBN: 1400033535

Revised and ExpandedWith 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 Mu

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“There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the st…”

— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com

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