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Blindspots : the many ways we cannot see / Bruno G. Breitmeyer.

Author/creator Breitmeyer, Bruno G.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxiv, 266 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Contents A brief history of vision and blindness -- Our inheritance : functional constraints on 'normal' vision -- Our misinheritance: blindness 1 -- Our misfortune: blindness 2 -- Experimental sleight-of-hand or : whoa! where did it go and where did it come from? -- Visual agnosias and neglect -- Blindness and the mind's eye -- Seeing and not seeing in the visual arts -- Cognitive blindspots: bloopers and blunders -- Cognition cultural and personal : blinders and wonders.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index.
LCCN 2009029990
ISBN9780195394269 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0195394267 (cloth : alk. paper)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF241 .B728 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold