|
|
Article: Words and music: two ways of thinking about what our brains can do.(The Stuff of Thought; Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain)(Book review)
- Article from:
- American Scholar
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Phi Beta Kappa Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
THE STUFF OF THOUGHT Language as a Window into Human Nature By Steven Pinker Viking | $29.95
MUSICOPHILIA Tales of Music and the Brain By Oliver Sacks Norton | $26
Readers of serious but popular books about neuroscience can look forward this fall to new works by two favorite writers. The Stuff of Thought, by Steven Pinker, completes his two trilogies, one on language and the other on human nature. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, by neurologist Oliver Sacks, opens up new vistas on matters of the mind, this time in relation to music.
Pinker's book is interesting, and the parts about the interactions of grammar and thought are ...