A review by benjobuks
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

3.0

Pretty good book. A panoply of interesting stories about neuropsychological abnormalities which trigger the brain to have wildly strange or exaggerated responses to music. Definitely light on the neuro side of things and more in-depth about what Sacks has observed. I was hoping for some more neuro (or even psych) but it was still interesting to read how deeply music is programmed into our brains.

Disclaimer: Music only really means classical music in this story. It appears Sacks largely only spoke to old white people and thus only recorded relationships to classical music.