Opening the Mind's Eye
Subtitle: How Images and Language Teach Us How To See
Edition: 1st Us edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: March 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312306571
Subjects: Cognitive Psychology; General; Science / General; Clinical Psychology; Imagery (Psychology); Imagination; Vision; Visualization; Psychology
First sentence: Western societies have largely lost the ability to think in images rather than words.
Description: A leading expert in neuroscience offers insight into the way the human brain uses language as a basis for visualization and presents an argument for extending the mind's powers to improve the quality of life.