After reading the newspaper each morning for years now, I’ve grown accustomed to getting bad news over breakfast. Or so I thought. Nothing could really prepare me for taking my first sip of the day’s ...

Oliver Sacks, the author of "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," speaks at Columbia University in 2009. (Chris McGrath / Getty Images) There are those who can write, and those ...

Susan Barry, a former Mount Holyoke College professor of neuroscience, behavior, and biology, was born with a significant case of strabismus — crossed eyes — which left her stereoblind, unable to ...

Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and best-selling author who explored the human brain one patient at a time, has died of cancer. He was 82. Sacks was best known for his books The Man Who Mistook His Wife ...

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In advance of Princeton University Concerts' “Healing with Music” event exploring the intersection of Music, Dance, & Parkinson’s disease, learn more about music’s place in the human brain by ...

When Oliver Sacks died in 2015, the world lost a polymathic scientist, a man of great energy and infinite curiosity. The physician and author of “Awakenings” (1973), “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ...

(Reuters) - Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who studied the intricacies of the brain and wrote eloquently about them in books such as "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," died on ...

In the standout chapter of his new book, "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain," Oliver Sacks visits a musicologist named Clive who has suffered brain damage that makes him feel as if he is ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Today, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks turns 76. His most recent ...

Dr. Oliver Sacks, the famous neurologist and author, passed away in summer 2016. One of my favorite essays from his volume The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985), is “The Twins.” John and ...