Musicophilia by: Oliver Sacks
This is a very interesting book that explores at the surface some of the relationships between music and the brain. The book covers topics such as brain disorders cured by music and brain disorders caused by music, how people are affected emotionally by music, why music uses more of our brain when we listen to it than language does, and many more.
This is a very advanced book, heavy with many psychology references. This would not be a book that I would have students struggling to read attempt. I would use this to challenge my uppermost students. It would push their vocabulary and would challenge them to read at a higher level. This book would get students to think about music with new applications. This book is a surface level foray into the fields of music cognition and music therapy, two fields that could inspire students to go into music as a career.
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