The Mind's Eye

<p><b>How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted?<br></b><br> In <i>The Mind’s Ey</i>e, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, the sense of sight. For all of these people, the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in the world – and <i>The Mind’s Eye</i> is testament to the myriad ways that we, as humans, are capable of rising to this challenge.<br><br><b>‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ – <i>Observer </i></b></p>