Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does—humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks’s compa...(展开全部)

Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does—humans are a musical species. Oliver Sacks’s compa...(展开全部)

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 ...(展开全部)

A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for experts Offe...(展开全部)

A comprehensive survey of the latest neuroscientific research into the effects of music on the brain Covers a variety of topics fundamental for music perception, including musical syntax, musical semantics, music and action, music and emotion Includes general introductory chapters to engage a broad readership, as well as a wealth of detailed research material for experts Offe...(展开全部)

What makes a distant oboe's wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear and brain evolved for detecting the approaching lion or tracking the unsuspecting gazelle? Lyrically interweaving discoveries from science, psychology, music theory, paleontology, and philosophy, Robert Jourdian brilliantly examines why m...(展开全部)

Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot remember if she h...(展开全部)

莎拉·曼宁·佩斯金（Sara Manning Peskin） 宾夕法尼亚大学临床神经病学助理教授，宾夕法尼亚大学记忆中心和宾夕法尼亚大学额颞叶痴呆中心成员。哈佛大学生物化学学士，宾夕法尼亚大学细胞与分子生物学硕士和医学博士。获得托马斯·胡佩斯奖，美国神经学会主要出版物《今日神经学》编辑委员会委员。在《纽约时报》《赫芬顿邮报》《美国老年医学学会杂志》和《美国化学学会杂志》上发表过多篇关于分子与脑科学的文章，在《纽约时报》等发表多篇最受读者欢迎的文章。

莎拉·曼宁·佩斯金（Sara Manning Peskin） 宾夕法尼亚大学临床神经病学助理教授，宾夕法尼亚大学记忆中心和宾夕法尼亚大学额颞叶痴呆中心成员。哈佛大学生物化学学士，宾夕法尼亚大学细胞与分子生物学硕士和医学博士。获得托马斯·胡佩斯奖，美国神经学会主要出版物《今日神经学》编辑委员会委员。在《纽约时报》《赫芬顿邮报》《美国老年医学学会杂志》和《美国化学学会杂志》上发表过多篇关于分子与脑科学的文章，在《纽约时报》等发表多篇最受读者欢迎的文章。

Riveting stories of the brain on the brink, from an acclaimed cognitive neurologist. Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake. A college student cannot remember if she h...(展开全部)