The mind's eye
By: Oliver Sacks
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780307398093
Subjects: Visual perception; Blindness; Psychological aspects; Perception visuelle; Cécité; Aspect psychologique
Description: An exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding new forms of perception to create other worlds to help replace the one that is no longer visible. Another book on the interaction between our brain and our senses, in the manner of the author's bestselling "Musicophillia".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.