Tweet I was just re-reading my last post on this blog and was again intriqued by the story of “Snowball” the dancing bird. So I went to YouTube and looked it up and sure enough, there it was! You may not like “The Backstreet Boys” that much but I think you’ll agree that it definitely […]
Entries from June 5th, 2010
Yes, animals do have rhythm!
June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · music and the brain
Tags: Animals and rhythm
Neuroscientist studies Music and the Brain
June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · how the brain works, music and the brain, Uncategorized
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Published: May 31, 2010 Three years ago, when Oxford University Press published “Music, Language, and the Brain,” Oliver Sacks described it as “a major synthesis that will be indispensable to neuroscientists.” The author of that volume, Aniruddh D. Patel, a 44-year-old senior fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, was in New York City in May. We spoke over coffee for more than an hour and later by telephone. An edited and condensed version of the conversations follows.
