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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 85 reviews Oliver Sacks
Knopf, 2007
Considering the part music plays in the recovery of extremely mentality disabled patients
+ Symphonic! + Very informative + Disturbances
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music 1 review
Oxford University Press, USA, 2003
Very interesting overview of current research in the subject
The collection of articles in this book gives a fascinating overview of human musical cognition and how it is modeled computationally. It also addresses the effect of brain lesions or abnormalities on musical competence and abilities, and thus gives the reader a taste of the kind of research that ...
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The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man 21 reviews Jeffrey Satinover
Wiley, 2002
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
+ Busting the wall of determinism down.
I found the book to be a wonderful read! If your interested in the mysteries of Quantum Physics and the power of thought, this book is for you.
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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means 94 reviews Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Plume, 2003
Great read
+ Excellent book for beginners & engineers alike + Good way to start + Inspiring + Great overview for the non-scientist
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On Intelligence 97 reviews Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee, 2004
Bigger, Faster, Stronger
+ A chimerical project based on an extremely interesting interpretation of brain functioning + Great Book! + Interesting, albeit silently deterministic point of view + Interesting and Compelling Thorn in the Side of Modern Science
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist 29 reviews Jonah Lehrer
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
I LOVED IT!
+ Art and Science + Lehrer's novel was only half right. + Lighten up, for heaven's sake, and just enjoy! + Refreshing
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Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation (Bradford Books) 4 reviews David Huron
The MIT Press, 2008
Music and Surprise
+ Music theory that includes the whole world! + Chapter titles and selected subtitles and descriptions of figures and tables
Finally, a real five-star book about music. For some reason, there are thousands of books about language, but almost no serious ones analyzing the biology and psychology of humanity's other communication systesms. Every society has a highly developed musical tradition, every society uses music in ...
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist 29 reviews Jonah Lehrer
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
I LOVED IT!
+ Art and Science + Lehrer's novel was only half right. + Lighten up, for heaven's sake, and just enjoy! + Refreshing
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Sweet Anticipation: Music and the Psychology of Expectation (Bradford Books) 4 reviews David Huron
The MIT Press, 2008
Music and Surprise
+ Music theory that includes the whole world! + Chapter titles and selected subtitles and descriptions of figures and tables
Finally, a real five-star book about music. For some reason, there are thousands of books about language, but almost no serious ones analyzing the biology and psychology of humanity's other communication systesms. Every society has a highly developed musical tradition, every society uses music in ...
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On Intelligence 97 reviews Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee, 2004
Bigger, Faster, Stronger
+ A chimerical project based on an extremely interesting interpretation of brain functioning + Great Book! + Interesting, albeit silently deterministic point of view + Interesting and Compelling Thorn in the Side of Modern Science
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The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music 1 review
Oxford University Press, USA, 2003
Very interesting overview of current research in the subject
The collection of articles in this book gives a fascinating overview of human musical cognition and how it is modeled computationally. It also addresses the effect of brain lesions or abnormalities on musical competence and abilities, and thus gives the reader a taste of the kind of research that ...
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The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man 21 reviews Jeffrey Satinover
Wiley, 2002
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man
+ Busting the wall of determinism down.
I found the book to be a wonderful read! If your interested in the mysteries of Quantum Physics and the power of thought, this book is for you.
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain 85 reviews Oliver Sacks
Knopf, 2007
Considering the part music plays in the recovery of extremely mentality disabled patients
+ Symphonic! + Very informative + Disturbances
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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means 94 reviews Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
Plume, 2003
Great read
+ Excellent book for beginners & engineers alike + Good way to start + Inspiring + Great overview for the non-scientist
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