Musical Seizures

I’ve been reading (a bit at a time) Oliver Sacks’ latest book, Musicophilia (thanks to Stephen!). He discusses various types of musical “hallucinations” and epilepsies (among many other things), and this article discusses a very recent case, triggered by her favorite Reggae music (musicogenic epilepsy). I’d recommend any of Sacks’ books; they are [...]

Music Psychology

One of the other benefits of the hiking trip was the plane rides, and getting to read a book. I got through Dan Levitin’s new book, “This Is Your Brain On Music.” I got to meet him once in grad school (we were both presenting on the same session of a conference) – [...]