A Vision of the Brain

by Semir Zeki (Editor)

1993: by Semir Zeki- It is at once a great read and an introduction to the neurological underpinnings of visual perception.

Genres: Neuroscience, Science, Brain

Paperback

First published August 30, 1993

About the author

is a British neurobiologist who has specialized in studying the primate visual brain and more recently the neural correlates of affective states, such as the experience of love, desire and beauty that are generated by sensory inputs within the field of neuroesthetics. He was educated at University College London (UCL) where he was Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society before being appointed Professor of Neurobiology. Since 2008 he has been Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL.

Reviews

[Misha Filippov]

Beautifully written book. It doesn't simply talks about neurobiological mechanisms - book explores the unfolding of our understanding, as a detective story, of how the visual cortex works, which in turn gives us a vision of how the brain works as a whole. I believe that many readers: scientists, philosophers and, not least, artists- will find food for thought in this immensely rich book.

[BVC]

Bibbia. Da rileggere.

[Guille Bazarra]

Muy interesante

[Exlibris Cat]

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