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Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks joined award-winning journalist John Hockenberry to discuss Sacks' latest book, which explores the bewitching and surreal world of hallucinations. The conversation canvassed the rich cultural history and contemporary science of the hallucinatory experience, and also touched on Sacks’ own early psychedelic forays that helped convince him to dedicate his life to neurology and to write about the myriad riddles of the human mind.Learn More

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TOPICS: Art & Science, Mind & Brain

TAGS: 2012, contemporary science, hallucinations, John Hockenberry, myriad riddles of the human mind, New York City, NYC, Oliver Sacks, rich cultural history, Robin Williams, science of Hallucinations, short, the movie Awakenings

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Video Duration: 01:14:44

Original Program Date: Friday, June 1, 2012

Moderator: John Hockenberry

Participants: Oliver Sacks

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One on One with Genius
Hallucinations with Oliver Sacks

Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks joined award-winning journalist John Hockenberry to discuss Sacks' latest book, which explores the bewitching and surreal world of hallucinations. The conversation canvassed the rich cultural history and contemporary science of the hallucinatory experience, and also touched on Sacks’ own early psychedelic forays that helped convince him to dedicate his life to neurology and to write about the myriad riddles of the human mind.Learn More

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TAGS: 2012, contemporary science, hallucinations, John Hockenberry, myriad riddles of the human mind, New York City, NYC, Oliver Sacks, rich cultural history, Robin Williams, science of Hallucinations, short, the movie Awakenings, 2012, contemporary science, hallucinations, John Hockenberry, myriad riddles of the human mind, New York City, NYC, Oliver Sacks, rich cultural history, Robin Williams, science of Hallucinations, short, the movie Awakenings

PLAYLISTS: One on One with Genius

Video Duration: 01:14:44

Original Program Date: Friday, June 1, 2012

Moderator: John Hockenberry

Participants: Oliver Sacks

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