Musicophilia

Tales of Music and the Brain

De: Oliver Sacks

Narrado por: Simon Prebble

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' compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains, and of the human experience. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. He explores how catchy tunes can subject us to hours of mental replay, and how a surprising number of people acquire nonstop musical hallucinations that assault them night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: Sacks describes how music can animate people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and calm and organize people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer's or amnesia.

Music is irresistible, haunting, and unforgettable, and in Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks tells us why.

©2007 Oliver Sacks (P)2007 Random House Audio

great book, informative!

loved it! learned some interesting things about the human brain and its connection to music!

This is an ABRIDGED version.

Nowhere does the description say this is and ABRIDGED version of this book.
I started reading along with my hard copy of the book towards the end, and realized it's ABRIDGED!
The narrator was just reading random paragraphs and skipping large swaths of content.
I feel cheated and am wondering what other books I have listened to on Audible have been abridgements without my knowledge?