Neurologist and writer Dr Oliver Sacks has made the study of the human brain his life's work. His many acclaimed books (including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat), are filled with the compelling stories of his patients. His latest book, Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain, explores how music works in people's minds in strange and surprising ways.
Alan Yentob talks to the charmingly awkward and devoted physician about the miraculous power music has on the human brain and travels to meet some of his remarkable case studies. Yentob even offers himself up as a guinea pig and has an MRI scan to find out how his brain functions when listening to different types of music, which has some surprising results.
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Sheila Hayman, a descendent of Felix Mendelssohn, will present
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