The Space between Our Ears: How the Brain Represents Visual Space

The Space between Our Ears: How the Brain Represents Visual Space

In 'The Space Between our Ears' Michael Morgan explains how our brain interprets what we see. Using a wealth of sources from over the centuries including philosophical writings, scientific thinking, experiments, passages from poems and novels, and scenes from films, Morgan reveals the difficulty in working out exactly how we make and receive our visual perceptions. To illustrate various points the book includes optical drawings as well as simple experiments that the reader can perform to test the different components of sight and our reactions to it. This intelligent, engaging book provides a revelatory overview of what we know about how the brain works regarding visual space, giving a unique insight into one of our most vital yet least understood senses. `His is the most acutely imagined account of the visual brain for the lay reader since Steven Pinker revealed 'How the Mind Works'. ' New Scientist`Morgan provides an accessible exposition without doing violence to subtlety, and his book has won him the coveted Wellcome Trust prize ' Sunday Times`Entertains as it informs. It if is true that visual perception is the latest arm of philosophy to break away and join the sciences, 'The Space between our Ears' is the narrative such a momentous event deserves. ' The Spectator`...the book is a refreshing break from the textbook format and bang up-to-date.' Times Higher Education Supplement This intelligent, engaging book provides a revelatory overview of what we know about how the brain works regarding visual space, giving a unique insight into one of our most vital yet least understood senses. Michael Morgan has held academic positions in the Universities of Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh and UCL, and is currently Professor of Visual Perception at the Henry Wellcome Applied Vision Research Laboratories of the City University, London, and an honorary member of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. Has was recently elected to the Royal Society. Used Book in Good Condition