Perception: How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds

by Dennis Proffitt and Drake Baer

Book Overview

A groundbreaking popular psychology book that explores the deep connection between our body and our brain.

Over decades of study, University of Virginia psychologist Dennis Proffitt has shown that we are each living our own personal version of Gulliver's Travels, where the size and shape of the things we see are scaled to the size of our bodies, and our ability to interact with them. Stairs look less steep as dieters lose weight,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250219116
• ISBN13: 9781250219114
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"