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Oliver Sacks

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Oliver Sacks

Birthname

AKA: Oliver Sachs

Birthday: July 9, 1933

Birthplace: Cricklewood, London, England

Death: August 30, 2015

Educated At: St. Paul's School, The Queen's College

Manner of Death: Natural Causes

Nationality: United Kingdom

Occupations: University Teacher, Popularizer Of Science, Chemist, Neurologist, Screenwriter

Total quotes: 1

“There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the stimulus and the reward again and again, and in music we get it. Perhaps, therefore, we should not be surprised, should not complain if the balance sometimes shifts too far and our musical sensitivity becomes a vulnerability.”

— Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Tagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness

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