What do you think of Oliver Sacks work, especially Musicophilia?
Glad you liked the illusions! Have to admit I haven’t read Musicophilia, but am familiar with many of the syndromes Sacks discusses. He is a master of introducing and describing the most indescribable human neurological conditions. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was supplementary reading for one of my first neuroscience courses, and it is hard not to find conditions of visual agnosia or prosopagnosia (the inability to recognize particular objects or faces) fascinating. It was also surprising to find out how many people experience some form of many of these conditions that seem so bizarre and far out. When I was at Berkeley colleagues began soliciting for prosopagnosic subjects online (this was a new thing to do – believe it or not!) and soon had many with varying degrees of the condition. Far more than they had ever planned. . . . Similarly, I believe amusia is much more prevalent than most realize. Sacks has provided an important service that crosses over the science border –
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