Dr. Oliver Sacks appears in the following:
Earworms
Monday, April 21, 2008
It has happened to you. Some song wriggles its way into your brain and won't leave.
Tales of Music and the Brain
Monday, October 15, 2007
Dr. Oliver Sacks has been writing about patients with unusual and fascinating case histories since the 1970s. In his new book, Musicophilia, Dr. Sacks explores music and its relationship to the human brain, while introducing new and fascinating characters – from the man who, after being struck by lightning, found ...
Name That Tune
Monday, October 15, 2007
On today’s show, Dr. Oliver Sacks discusses the relationship between music and the human brain. Then, we’ll revisit the history of the Africa-to-America slave trade through the stories of those on the slave ships. Also, an exhibit of art from Africa’s equatorial rainforests. Plus, a new translation of Tolstoy’s War ...
Emergence
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
What happens when there is no leader? We look at the bottom-up logic of cities, Google, and even our brains.
Memory and Forgetting
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Remembering is a tricky, unstable business. This hour: a look behind the curtain of how memories are made...and forgotten.
Time
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The strange, subjective nature of time -- from a sped-up spin through childhood, to a really, really slowed-down Beethoven symphony.
