Musical minds with Dr. Oliver Sacks

Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain, is involved with this study as Nova follows four individuals: Matt Giordano (United States), Derek Paravicini (England), Anne Barker (Ireland), and Tony Cicoria (United States) to investigate music's strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind. While these extraordinary stories offer examples of music's unquestionable power over the mind, scientists have yet to fully understand what happens in the brain as we experience music. In an effort to unravel the mystery, Nova puts Sacks himself into a functional MRI machine for two experiments.

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"Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain, is involved with this study as Nova follows four individuals: Matt Giordano (United States), Derek Paravicini (England), Anne Barker (Ireland), and Tony Cicoria (United States) to investigate music's strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind. While these extraordinary stories offer examples of music's unquestionable power over the mind, scientists have yet to fully understand what happens in the brain as we experience music. In an effort to unravel the mystery, Nova puts Sacks himself into a functional MRI machine for two experiments."@en
"Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain, is involved with this study as NOVA follows four individuals: Matt Giordano (United States), Derek Paravicini (England), Anne Barker (Ireland), and Tony Cicoria (United States) to investigate music's strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind. While these extraordinary stories offer examples of music's unquestionable power over the mind, scientists have yet to fully understand what happens in the brain as we experience music. In an effort to unravel the mystery, NOVA puts Sacks himself into a functional MRI machine for two experiments."@en
"This program from NOVA presents author and neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks and his exploration of the link between music and the brain. While working with patients who struggle to cope with a number of debilitating medical conditions, including autism and Tourrette syndrome, Dr. Sacks found that the therapeutic effects of music help many. Four remarkable case studies from Dr. Sacks' book, Musicophilia, are examined, including a man who uses drumming to relieve his severe Tourette syndrome symptoms."
"Join neurologist and acclaimed author Dr. Oliver Sacks as he introduces four individuals with very different relationships to music, and shows how there is direct connection and power between music and the brain."@en
""Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Throughout his career, Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and acclaimed author of Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, has encountered myriad patients who are struggling to cope with debilitating medical conditions. But while their aliments vary, many have on thing in common: an appreciation for the therapeutic effects of music. According to Musicophilia, anatomists cannot identify the brain of a visual artist, writer, or mathematician-but they can recognized the brain of a professional musician. Now, NOVA follows four individuals with unique relationship to music-and even peers into Sacks's own brain-to investigate the strange, surprising, and still unexplained power of music over the brain."--Conteneur."