The Mind's Eye
Ranked #13 in Neurology, Ranked #35 in Neuroscience — see more rankings.
In Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain; now, in The Mind's Eye, he writes about the myriad ways in which we experience the visual world: how we see in three dimensions; how we recognize individual faces or places; how we use language to communicate verbally; how we translate marks on paper into words and paragraphs; and, even how we represent the world internally when our eyes are closed. Alongside remarkable stories of people who have lost these abilities but adapted with courage, resilience and ingenuity, there is an added, personal element: one day in late 2005, Sacks... more
Rankings by Category
The Mind's Eye is ranked in the following categories:
- #36 in Blindness
- #56 in Brain
- #57 in Human Brain
- #96 in Medicine
- #39 in Pathology
- #80 in Physiology
- #40 in Speech
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