The late essayist-physician Oliver Sacks memorably reflected at Cambridge Forum on music and its mysterious relationship to the brain In his book, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Sacks argued that music is essential to being human in ways that have only begun to be understood. Neurologist Oliver Sacks explores “your brain on music”, asking why humans make music and what music-making does for the individual and society.
Recorded 11/5/2007.
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