Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain85 reviews
Oliver Sacks

Knopf, 2007

Considering the part music plays in the recovery of extremely mentality disabled patients

+ Symphonic!
+ Very informative
+ Disturbances
  
  











  



  
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man21 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.
  
  











  



  
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means94 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
  
  











  



  
On Intelligence97 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
  
  











  



  
Proust Was a Neuroscientist29 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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Proust Was a Neuroscientist29 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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
On Intelligence97 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
  
  











  



  
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man21 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.
  
  











  



  
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain85 reviews
Oliver Sacks

Knopf, 2007

Considering the part music plays in the recovery of extremely mentality disabled patients

+ Symphonic!
+ Very informative
+ Disturbances
  
  











  



  
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means94 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