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The Rhythm of the Brain
Author(s): Oliver SacksSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Institutul Cultural Român
Keywords: time perception; subjective sense of time; Parkinson’s disease; Tourette syndrome; catatonia; maniacal depression; drugs and time perception
Summary/Abstract: How do we normally perceive time? Is there a unique way to perceive it, or is perception exclusively subjective? Can we speed up or slow down this perception, or even time’s flow? These are some of the questions Oliver Sacks answers giving examples from medicine, sports, arts and daily existence.
Journal: Lettre Internationale - Ediţia română
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 54
- Page Range: 96-102
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian