Oliver Sacks Chapter Summaries
Professor Murphy
Eng 103
13 March 2013
Medicinal Melodies
Imagine a lifelong loved one responding to your greeting with an expression of unreserved confusion. They withdraw from the sincere hug you offer while demanding, “Who are you?” An embrace that was hoped to steal them from the unforgiving disease that often leaves them puzzled at the reflection in the mirror, for just a brief moment in time you wished to remind them. You share again the depths of your affection and pray, for a fleeting second, that the spoken words will transcend you both to a long awaited reunion of life’s triumphs and challenges. Like a thief, Alzheimer’s disease tiptoes into one’s mind and unapologetically stomps on a beautifully illustrated autobiography leaving vacant chapters, lonely hearts, lost sufferers and frustrated family members. The heartache of …show more content…
Ramsey, Nancy. "10 Questions: For Oliver Sacks." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 05 Nov. 2007. Web. 05 Feb. 2013. Oliver Sacks is a well-known neurologist who has contributed significantly to the music therapy conversation. This article offers great information.
Sacks, Oliver W. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print. This book is quite thorough. It not only touches on the effect music has on dementia but several other aspects of how the power of music stirs our brains. It has been an incredible read.
Schaeffer, Juliann. "Music Therapy in Dementia Treatment - Recollection Through Sound." Music Therapy in Dementia Treatment. Great Valley Publishing Co., Inc., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. This editorial illustrates music therapy making an impact on physical wellbeing as well as improving emotional wellbeing. It brings to light that music help encourage movement and exercise thus generating not only a psychological benefit buy a physiological one as
Eng 103
13 March 2013
Medicinal Melodies
Imagine a lifelong loved one responding to your greeting with an expression of unreserved confusion. They withdraw from the sincere hug you offer while demanding, “Who are you?” An embrace that was hoped to steal them from the unforgiving disease that often leaves them puzzled at the reflection in the mirror, for just a brief moment in time you wished to remind them. You share again the depths of your affection and pray, for a fleeting second, that the spoken words will transcend you both to a long awaited reunion of life’s triumphs and challenges. Like a thief, Alzheimer’s disease tiptoes into one’s mind and unapologetically stomps on a beautifully illustrated autobiography leaving vacant chapters, lonely hearts, lost sufferers and frustrated family members. The heartache of …show more content…
Ramsey, Nancy. "10 Questions: For Oliver Sacks." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 05 Nov. 2007. Web. 05 Feb. 2013. Oliver Sacks is a well-known neurologist who has contributed significantly to the music therapy conversation. This article offers great information.
Sacks, Oliver W. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print. This book is quite thorough. It not only touches on the effect music has on dementia but several other aspects of how the power of music stirs our brains. It has been an incredible read.
Schaeffer, Juliann. "Music Therapy in Dementia Treatment - Recollection Through Sound." Music Therapy in Dementia Treatment. Great Valley Publishing Co., Inc., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. This editorial illustrates music therapy making an impact on physical wellbeing as well as improving emotional wellbeing. It brings to light that music help encourage movement and exercise thus generating not only a psychological benefit buy a physiological one as