On looking
Subtitle: eleven walks with expert eyes
By: Alexandra Horowitz
Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
Publisher: Center Point Pub
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9781611736977
Subjects: Perception; Cognition; Self-actualization (Psychology); Environmental psychology; Self-consciousness (Awareness); Awareness
Description: On looking : Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes is structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes with experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, a well-known artist, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. She also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, and how they see it, reveals the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-409) and index.