The space between our ears : how the brain represents visual space / Michael Morgan.
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TextPublication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003.Description: xv, 240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 029782970X
- 612.82 MOR
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| 612 FEH Fragments for a history of the human body : part two. | 612 GER Principles of human physiology / | 612.82 GRE The private life of the brain / | 612.82 MOR The space between our ears : how the brain represents visual space / | 612.825 Cortical functions John Stirling. | 615.85156 CAS The handbook of art therapy / | 615.85156 HOG Gender and difference in the arts therapies : inscribed on the body / |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this title, Michael Morgan explains how our brain interprets the images that the outside world forms in our eyes. Using sources from over the centuries - philosophical writings, scientific thinking, experiments, passages from poems, novels and films - Morgan reveals the problems that the brain has to confront in manufacturing our perceptions. The book includes optical drawings as well as some simple experiments that the reader can do to test the different components of one's sight and our own reactions to it. There is a long way to go in neurological terms before we can understand how our brains actually see, or indeed the precise location of where this happens inside the grey matter. Morgan recognizes that to achieve such an understanding may even necessitate the development of a new language that can better encompass the difficult scientific and logical interpretations that will have to be made. This work provides an overview of what we know about how the brain works regarding visual space, giving an insight into one of our most vital yet least understood senses.
Includes index.