Opening the Mind's Eye: How Images and Language Teach Us How to See

by Ian H. Robertson

Book Overview

A leading expert in neuroscience explains how the mind sees and reveals how that power affects how readers perceive the world and their place in it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312306571
• ISBN13: 9780312306571
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Opening

Opening the Mind's Eye reveals both how the mind's eye operates and how language can limit its visual range. Robertson suggest simple and immediate methods by which we can strengthen our ability to make images, improving memory, boosting problem-solving capabilities, combating stress, enriching artistic expression, and increasing athletic achievement. Image-based therapies have become increasingly vital elements in the treatment of illness and disease. This book shows why. How well we use our mind's image making capacities affects every aspect of our lives.

This is good

I've always been fascinated by the inner workings of the mind and how one can improve it. This book is a fascinating exploration on how the mind really thinks. It's illustrated in extremely simple language. Interestingly post reading the book I came across other people who use a similar concept. Moreover I have been reading books on memory etc. primarily by authors such as Harry Lorayne, and there too I find the emphasis on thinking in visuals. If you visualize it you remember it. The book does cover memory also to a certain extent but the other coverage is awesome. This book is a definite yes if you want to learn how your mind works and how you can help yourself think better. I wish I had come across this earlier in life. I'm definitely on the lookout for more of such work.