MIND Reviews: Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals Nov 20, 2009
Essay by Oliver Sacks ... Neuroscientist Oliver Sacks provides a stirring introduction. (Scientific American)
Getting inside state mental hospitals Oct 25, 2009
In the introduction, Oliver Sacks, who worked at a state mental hospital in the Bronx for 25 years, calls photographer Christopher Payne a visual poet. That he is. (Boston Globe)
Why Music Moves Us Jul 16, 2009
Certainly music seems to be the most direct form of emotional communication, opines renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks of Columbia University, author of the recent book Musicophilia (Knopf, 2007). It really seems to be as important a part of human life and communication as language and gesture. (Scientific American)
Songs In The Key Of Life Jun 30, 2009
Speaking to The Post from his offices at Columbia University, Dr. Oliver Sacks -- one of the worlds foremost neurologists who's had several best-selling books about the clockwork of the human brain -- says the answers are "yes" and "yes.". In his hesitant, clipped British accent, Sacks speaks passionately and plainly about his findings that are laid out with fascinating case studies tonight on PBS' "Nova" television special called "Musical Minds.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Critic's corner Jun 30, 2009
This episode explores four case studies from Oliver Sacks s book Musicophilia, to study the impact that music has on the brain. One of the subjects, Tony Cicoria, became a pianist after he was struck by lightning - literally. (Boston Globe)
BACKSTAGE: Shakespeare will be remembered on Memorial Day May 21, 2009
-- "The Man Who" ---- The regional premiere of Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne's unconventional stage adaptation of Dr. Oliver Sacks' book of case histories of his neurologically impaired patients. Feb. 4-28, 2010. (North County Times)
Birds boogie away the notionthat rhythm is reserved for just us May 1, 2009
Dr. Oliver Sacks, a noted Columbia University neurologist and author, contended in the hardcover version of his book "Musicophilia" that the ability to synchronize movement to a rhythm was uniquely human. In response, readers who disagreed began sending him videos of Snowball, and he was convinced to revise the paperback edition. (Boston Globe)
MIND Reviews: Beyond Rain Main--Autism in Film Apr 17, 2009
There are even reports of a biopic of Temple Grandin, the autistic veterinary researcher made famous by Oliver Sacks in his book An Anthropologist on (Knopf, 1995), with Claire Danes in the title role so stay tuned. . (Scientific American)
* 'Take two concertos and call me in the morning': medical music Mar 30, 2009
Oliver Sacks, that inveterate explorer of uncharted regions of neurology, devoted his latest best-seller, Musicophilia to freakish effects of music on the brain. And as anyone who owns an iPod knows, personal playlists can work small wonders on mood and well-being. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Dyson, pre-eminent physicist, challenges consensus on climate change Mar 28, 2009
But in the considered opinion of the neurologist Oliver Sacks, Mr. Dyson's friend and fellow English expatriate, that is far from the case. "His mind is still so open and flexible," Dr. Sacks says. (International Herald Tribune)
For an artist with autism, precision is everything Mar 22, 2009
Noted neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who told her story in a 1998 documentary film for the BBC series "The Mind Traveller," wrote the foreword to both of Clara Park's books as well as the exhibit catalog. "For Jessy, artwork is not a hobby or a pastime or even a profession or a vehicle for expressing herself to others," Sacks writes. (Boston Globe)
TEDsters Smile Through Financial Meltdown Feb 7, 2009
The TED conference has evolved into a small confab of geekery and design into an enviable engine for illuminating and inspirational talks from the well-known (this year has Bill Gates, Oliver Sacks and WWW founder Tim Berners-Lee) as well as undiscovered gems like last year Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroscientist who documented her own stroke in real time. (Her TED appearance led to a book contract and an Oprah appearance. (Wired News)
