| The Thinking Eye, the Seeing Brain: Explorations in Visual Cognition Contributor(s): Enns, James T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393977218 ISBN-13: 9780393977219 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $95.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2004 Annotation: James T. Enns leads a lively tour through the most current developments in the field, exploring the human visual experience as it relates to lines, color, and objects, but also to time, space, and imagination. "The Thinking Eye, The Seeing Brain challenges readers "to be open to a revolution in your own beliefs about sight and thought." Seeing, we learn, is not something that happens in the eye, but in the brain. This handsome, well-illustrated new book provides the ideal starting point for those who wish to explore the exciting, rapidly evolving discipline of visual cognition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 152.14 |
| LCCN: 2003070223 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.78" W x 9.22" (1.97 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ideal for courses in vision, perception, and cognitive science, this unique text conveys the excitement and promise of the field of visual cognition while emphasizing its vital relationship to cognitive science in general, exploring central philosophical and psychological issues such as imagination, consciousness, and perceptions of time. Instructors using The Thinking Eye, the Seeing Brain will have access to lecture-ready PowerPoint slides of art from the text, each of them carefully annotated by Professor Enns. |
Contributor Bio(s): Enns, James T.: - James T. Enns (Ph.D. Princeton University) is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of British Columbia in the department of psychology and the graduate program in neuroscience. Former associate editor for the journals Psychological Science and Visual Cognition, he has edited two research volumes on the development of attention, coauthored a textbook on perception, and published numerous articles on vision, attention, and cognitive science. |
