TY - BOOK N2 - Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to perceive through another person's eyes, or another person's mind. AB - Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of creativity and adaptation, and it provides a whole new perspective on the power of language and communication, as we try to imagine what it is to perceive through another person's eyes, or another person's mind. T1 - The mind's eye / DA - 2010. CY - New York : AU - Sacks, Oliver, ET - 1st ed. CN - RC423 CN - RC423 PB - Alfred A. Knopf, PP - New York : PY - 2010. N1 - "A Borzoi book" -- T.p. verso. ID - 348083 KW - Communicative disorders KW - Cognition disorders KW - Face perception KW - Perception KW - Neurology SN - 9780307272089 SN - 0307272087 TI - The mind's eye / LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-b.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-d.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-s.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1105/2010012791-s.html ER -