Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
| Book | Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Chip Kidd |
| Cover photo | Elena Seibert |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
| Imprint | Borzoi Books |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York, Toronto |
| Copyright | 2007 |
| This Edition Published | 2007-11 |
| Pages / Font | 381 pages / Trump Mediaeval |
| ISBN | 978 - 1 - 4000 - 4081 - 0 |
| Barcode | 9 781400 040810 |
| Chapters | Preface, ix Part I: Haunted by Music 1. A Bolt from the Blue: Sudden Musicophilia, 3 2. A Strangely Familiar Feeling: Musical Seizures, 18 3. Fear of Music: Musicogenic Epilepsy, 23 4. Music on the Brain: Imagery and Imagination, 30 5. Brainworms, Sticky Music, and Catchy Tunes, 41 6. Musical Hallucinations, 49 Part II: A Range of Musicality 7. Sense and Sensibility: A Range of Musicality, 89 8. Things Fall Apart: Amusia and Dysharmonia, 98 9. Papa Blows His Nose in G: Absolute Pitch, 120 10. Pitch Imperfect: Cochlear Amusia, 131 11. In Living Stereo: Why We Have Two Ears, 143 12. Two Thousand Operas: Musical Savants, 151 13. An Auditory World: Music and Blindness: 160 14. The Key of Clear Green: Synesthesia and Music, 165 Part III: Memory, Movement, and Music 15. In the Moment: Music and Amnesia, 187 16. Speech and Song: Aphasia and Music Therapy, 214 17. Accidental Davening: Dyskinesia and Cantillation, 224 18. Come Together: Music and Tourette's Syndrome, 226 19. Keeping Time: Rhythm and Movement, 233 20. Kinetic Melody: Parkinson's Disease and Music Therapy, 248 21. Phantom Fingers: The Case of the One-Armed Pianist, 259 22. Athletes of the Small Muscles: Musician's Dystonia, 264 Part IV: Emotion, Identity, and Music 23. Awake and Asleep: Musical Dreams, 279 24. Seduction and Indifference, 285 25. Lamentations: Music and Depression, 295 26. The Case of Harry S.: Music and Emotion, 302 27. Irrepressible: Music and the Temporal Lobes, 305 28. A Hypermusical Species: Williams Syndrome, 317 29. Music and Indentity: Dementia and Music Therapy, 335 Acknowledgments, 349 Bibliography, 353 Index, 369 |
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