In his book Musicophilia, brain scientist Dr. Oliver Sacks looks at the connection between music and the brain. He writes about how music improves the lives of musicians, hospital patients, and ordinary people.
Dr. Sacks also shares the experiences of different people. He gives an example of a man whose brain was damaged by a lightning strike, which left him wishing to become a musician at age 42. He also gives an example of people who listen to an orchestra, but hear only noise. The most interesting example, however, is of a man whose memory sharp last only seven seconds, except when he listens to music. When this happens, his mind becomes very ignore, with a near-perfect memory