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Drawing on the right side of the brain Drawing on the right side of the brain Betty Edwards Presents a set of basic exercises designed to release creative potential and tap into the special abilities of the brain's right hemisphere. OL12164892W
Visual information processing Visual information processing Symposium on Cognition, 8th, Carnegie-Mellon University 1972 Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Carnegie Symposium on Cognition, Held at the Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1972 OL13571918W
Visual perception Visual perception Tom N. Cornsweet Text covers key topics in geometrical and visual optics for optometric practice ... features over 300 illustrations, summaries and self-assessment questions, and case studies. OL142291W
Plasticity in sensory systems Plasticity in sensory systems Laurence Harris,Michael Jenkin,Jennifer K. E. Steeves x, 277 p. : 24 cm OL16695195W
Fragments of Infinity Fragments of Infinity Ivars Peterson "In this visual journey, author Ivars Peterson guides us to the crossroads of mathematics and art, creativity and imagination - and challenges long-held notions about the ways in which these connect.… OL17696509W
Is that a cat? Is that a cat? Tim Hamilton Several animals, an elf, and a bird-watcher are searching for different things, but find each other--and a party--instead. OL17906866W
Visual intelligence Visual intelligence Donald D. Hoffman In an informal style replete with illustrations, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman presents the compelling scientific evidence for vision's constructive powers, and in so doing he unveils a grammar … OL1819750W
Mouse Views Mouse Views Bruce McMillan Photographic puzzles follow an escaped pet mouse through a school while depicting such common school items as scissors, paper, books, and chalk. Readers are challenged to identify the objects as seen… OL1846733W
Devices of wonder Devices of wonder Barbara Maria Stafford,Frances Terpak,Isotta Poggi "Modern media machines are the latest addition to a long line of captivating instruments for the augmentation of perception. In Devices of Wonder, Barbara Stafford weaves an array of such sense-exten… OL18524662W
Mr. Boggle's peculiar day Mr. Boggle's peculiar day Time-Life for Children (Firm) Three episodes feature Mr. Boggle, whose befuddled ways cause him and the reader many surprises, some of which can be viewed through holes in the pages. OL19209935W
If your eyes could talk If your eyes could talk D. Todd Wylie "...Within these pages, Dr. D. Todd Wylie, OD, FCOVD - an optometrist and leading expert in vision therapy - explores and explains the many causes of poor vision, as well as the pioneering therapy an… OL19713689W
Eye chart Eye chart William P. Germano Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Desert nomads tested their vision by distinguishing a pair of stars. But we have since creat… OL19720793W
Look up, look down Look up, look down Tana Hoban Photographs present objects and scenes from different perspectives, some viewed from below and some from above. OL1979781W
Take another look Take another look Tana Hoban By viewing nine subjects both in full-page photos and through die-cut pages, the reader learns that things may be perceived in different ways. OL1979798W
What is that? What is that? Tana Hoban White silhouttes against a black background depict such objects as a pacifier, stroller, balloon, and chair. On board pages. OL1979802W
Ways of Seeing Ways of Seeing John Berger How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes befor… OL1980231W
The brain from 25,000 feet The brain from 25,000 feet Mark A. Changizi In The Brain from 25,000 Feet, Mark A. Changizi defends a non-reductionist philosophy and applies it to a variety of problems in the brain sciences. Some of the key questions answered are as follows.… OL19832082W
Eye Chart Eye Chart William P. Germano What's an eye chart and how does it work? Desert nomads tested their vision by distinguishing a pair of stars, but we've created more anxiety-provoking ways to test the strength of our eyes. Encompas… OL20638160W
Optical illusions Optical illusions Inga Menkhoff Looks at various types of optical illusions, including distortion illusions, motion illusions, color illusions and afterimages, and impossible objects and images. OL24845176W
The art of describing The art of describing Svetlana Alpers "The art historian after Erwin Panofsky and Ernst Gombrich is not only participating in an activity of great intellectual excitement; he is raising and exploring issues which lie very much at the cen… OL3475855W
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