Musical Minds (2008) Documentary by Oliver Sacks on Free Online Video

In this PBS NOVA documentary, neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks weighs in on four unique cases of music and the brain. The documentary covers a blind autistic man who is a savant for piano playing, a man with severe Tourette's syndrome who manages his condition through drumming, a woman who has music blindness and can't differentiate musical tunes, and a man who was struck by lightning and quickly developed a passion for becoming a classical pianist. Throughout the documentary, Dr. Oliver Sacks talks about the therapeutic power of music, which he has used in his practice throughout his career. Dr. Sacks also gets his brain scanned in a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine while conducting various musical experiments. This NOVA documentary provides an interesting look into the brain and how it's connected to music in ways that defy comprehension. For further investigation into Dr. Sacks's exploration of music and the brain, you might want to check out his audio book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.

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