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The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks
Sacks on vision and the brain: face blindness, losing the ability to read, stereo vision, and his own eye cancer. Personal and illuminating.
Read it if…
you want Sacks at his most personal.
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Skip it if…
you want a general neuroscience intro.
Try instead: Hallucinations →
Three things you will actually use
- Perception is constructed.
- Loss reveals function.
- Adapt with imagination.
Do this first
Read the chapter on his own melanoma.
Our verdict
Sacks on seeing.
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