Your Questions for Oliver Sacks
On Saturday, May 31, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks will join neuroscientist Mark Tramo and the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in the World Science Festival Event Music and the Brain, an exploration of the power of music to inspire and uplift, and as an effective tool in the therapeutic process. At the event, the choirs powerful performance will provide a stimulating context for Sacks’ true-life accounts of patients whose lives were altered by music. To continue the dialogue with the event’s participants and audience, Sacks has agreed to answer five questions about Music and the Brain here on the World Science Festival blog.
Simply leave your question as a comment to this blog post. On the form below, please enter your name, your e-mail (which will not be made public), your website if you have one, and your question for Oliver Sacks. We will select five of your questions, and post Oliver Sacks’ answers here on the World Science Festival blog.
To hear Sacks, Mark Tramo and the Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir live: Music and the Brain will take place on Saturday at the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Tickets are available here.
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This post was written by Markus
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