Spotted links – 4th September 2010
Spotted links – 4th September 2010
Spotted links – 4th September 2010
News This week’s must-read piece is an interview by Steve Silberman – the first post of his new blog no less – with Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and excellent writer in his own right. Learn about the incredible hallucinations that followed Sacks’ bout with cancer in his eye. This is what happens when a journalist […]
Drug-Free Hallucination
Drug-Free Hallucination
Drug-Free Hallucination
This optical illusion is so cool, you’ll swear you’ve just damaged your brain. From Michael Bach’s peerless collection.
An iPod in Your Head
An iPod in Your Head
An iPod in Your Head
I’ve got an article in today’s New York Times about one of my perennial fascinations—musical hallucinations. One of the reasons that I find this condition so interesting is that it gives us a look under the neurological hood. Our brains do not simply take in objective impressions of the world. They are continually coming up […]