| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation (enhanced); Dolby Digital stereo., NTSC. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned; described for the visually impaired. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Alan Yentob. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast in 2009 as an episode in the television series Nova. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain, is involved with this study as NOVA follows four individuals: Matt Giordano (United States), Derek Paravicini (England), Anne Barker (Ireland), and Tony Cicoria (United States) to investigate music's strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind. While these extraordinary stories offer examples of music's unquestionable power over the mind, scientists have yet to fully understand what happens in the brain as we experience music. In an effort to unravel the mystery, NOVA puts Sacks himself into a functional MRI machine for two experiments. |
| Subject |
Music -- Psychological aspects -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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Television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Added Author |
Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015
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Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015.
Musicophilla : tales of music and the brain.
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Yentob, Alan.
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Lockwood, Louise.
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Murdock, Ryan.
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Nova (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781593759049 |
| Standard No. |
783421432093 |
| Music No. |
WG43209 PBS Home Video |
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