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Yes, indeed, I would appreciate all the info you could send on this. The same thing happened to O.Sacks himself as he describes in his book, A LEG TO STAND ON. Certain music affects me in this way, as well. Mary Legan 56/6+ One World Books wrote: > Just a little further to this: I recently was reading an article by a > journalist who spent a couple of days with Oliver Sacks. One of the > persons the journalist met while with Sacks was one who apparently > couldn't move at all, simply could not move, but when music was played > couldn't stay still. There was an explanation about what he/they > thought the connection was, but I can't remember it just now! But if > anyone is interested, I can easily track it down.At 06:16 AM 04-07-99 > -0400, you wrote:>After being silent for far too long (although some > would disagree with that) I'm just going to jump right in > here.....this is a topic I can identify with!>>I read in a medical > publication quite a while ago that certain types of music almost > compel us to move and keep moving. I know my feet can't resist a jig, > preferrably from the east coast or The British Isles. It's rare that a > fiddle doesnít get my legs doing fancy movements and my feet tapping, > swishing and gliding. Of course, sometimes the rest of my body > doesn't do a whole lot, but the sound of a fiddle played fast and well > turns the bottom third of me into a Riverdance wannabee.>And a message > for Bonnie Rowley: Bonnie, I had a lot of problems getting message re > the mysterious HTML stuff to your personal website, but hope that I > finally suceeded couple of weeks back. > > > Cheers, Robin, lurker for her mum in NZ > -- > RobinÝ Ingram, trade aid & one world books volunteer > [log in to unmask] > the proper way to read any book is with at least 2 cats assisting