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BOOKS Photography by Christopher Payne. Essay by Oliver Sacks. MIT Press Insane asylum. For many people the phrase conjures up images of desperate patients trapped in concrete fortresses. Full Article at Scientific American
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Neurologist Oliver Sacks prefers Bach to Beethoven — I’m just the opposite. But enough about me, let’s talk Sacks. Dr. Sacks volunteered to have his brain scanned while listening to each composer’s music. Full Article at Mental Floss
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community to read the same book and discuss it. Full Article at Greater Danbury News-Times
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In the London Review of Books filing system at their Bloomsbury offices, there is a proof copy of an early 1980s article written by a neurologist about a patient whose apprehension of the world around him had become bizarrely skewed. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Under the headline, "Good Books Don't Have to be Hard," book critic Lev Grossmann recently declared, "Lyricism is on the wane, and suspense, humor, and pacing are shedding their stigmas and taking their place as the core literary technologies of the... Full Article at Huffington Post
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I've just found a brief but interesting study finding that migraines are much more common in neurologists than the general public which inspired an interesting reply by Oliver Sacks. Full Article at Mind Hacks
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Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral. Oliver Sacks calls it "brilliantly written, almost unbearably poignant... Full Article at ScienceBlogs
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Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral. Oliver Sacks calls it "brilliantly written, almost unbearably poignant... Full Article at ScienceBlogs
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Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and a famous writer out of New York City, gave the following TED talk about a peculiar condition of some of his patients and what it reveals about our minds. The Charles Bonnett syndrome happens when blind people have lucid . Full Article at Generef.com
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Books Oliver Sacks The literary neurologist offers more insight into the mysterious workings of the human brain. Full Article at Time Out New York
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Oliver Sacks has done a wonderful TED talk on hallucinations that has just been released online. Full Article at Mind Hacks
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Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnett syndrome -- when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. Full Article at DoseNation
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Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks was nice enough to let the TEDBlog into his office for an interview before his talk went up today. Full Article at TED
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David Dobbs on science, nature, and culture. Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral. Oliver Sacks calls it "brilliantly written, almost unbearably poignant... Full Article at ScienceBlogs
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Watch Oliver Sacks' talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 500+ TEDTalks. Full Article at TED
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NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City. Dr. Sacks, who was appointed Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in 2007, is the author of several bestselling books.
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NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City. Dr. Sacks, who was appointed Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in 2007, is the author of several bestselling books.
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NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City. Dr. Sacks, who was appointed Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in 2007, is the author of several bestselling books.
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NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City. Dr. Sacks, who was appointed Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in 2007, is the author of several bestselling books.
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NEW YORK - JUNE 3: Neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City. Dr. Sacks, who was appointed Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in 2007, is the author of several bestselling books.
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