‘Blind to the Mind’ is a candid peek into the consulting rooms of doctors across various specialties. They narrate heartfelt stories about patients who taught them how the mind and body exert a strong influence over one another during the course of any ailment. The authors, a neurologist and a psychologist, take you through this riveting narrative, building upon the insights that every field of medicine presents. Brutally honest learnings from those who wear their brains on their sleeves! Whether you are a practising medical professional, a patient or a caregiver, Blind to the Mind is a must read. It is time to start the conversation, to ask the hard questions, and to open our minds to the answers that have been here all along. “This fascinating and timely book is an invitation to look beyond taboos and think deeply about the whole patient, in the context of their rich and varied histories. May we take up the challenge to keep an open mind and take suffering seriously.” Dr Ruth Mitchell, BMBS, FRACS, FFSTEd, Neurosurgeon, Co-Chair ICAN Australia (Nobel Peace Prize 2017).

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From “the poet laureate of medicine" (The New York Times) and the author of the classic The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding rich new forms of perception. “Elaborate and gorgeously detailed.... Again and again, Sacks invites readers to imagine their way into minds unlike their own, encouraging a radical form of empathy.” —Los Angeles Times With compassion and insight, Dr. Oliver Sacks again illuminates the mysteries of the brain by introducing us to some remarkable characters, including Pat, who remains a vivacious communicator despite the stroke that deprives her of speech, and Howard, a novelist who loses the ability to read. Sacks investigates those who can see perfectly well but are unable to recognize faces, even those of their own children. He describes totally blind people who navigate by touch and smell; and others who, ironically, become hyper-visual. Finally, he recounts his own battle with an eye tumor and the strange visual symptoms it caused. As he has done in classics like The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Awakenings, Dr. Sacks shows us that medicine is both an art and a science, and that our ability to imagine what it is to see with another person's mind is what makes us truly human.

How To Go Blind And Not Lose Your Mind discusses the process of losing your sight and ways to deal with it. Written through the eyes of a person who has been through the process and survived. How To Go Blind And Not Lose Your Mind begins at the diagnosis, walks you through the stages of sight loss, and explores emotional and physical problems associated with going blind. It describes low vision, legal blindness, loss of independence, and what it may mean to you. You will find what help and visual aids are available. There are physical and emotional problems with loss of sight, however you can still keep your vision about living and enjoy a full, happy life. This book gives more than just hope, it is the vision you need while losing your sight.

Ciaran Bane is a criminal with a special talent: he can read minds. But his skill comes at a price. Lucy's sister is dead: killed for a secret Ciaran's family wants buried. Her blood is on Ciaran's hands. Only together can the unlikely allies discover the deadly secret. They can run but where can they hide if they aren't safe, even in their own minds? Award-winning author Lari Don skilfully weaves a fast-paced world of secrets, power and supernatural abilities in her first book for young teens.

Aphantasia is derived from the Greek word "phantasia", which translates to "imagination", and the prefix "a-", which means "without.Mental Sensory Perception or MSP, is the ability to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch in one's mind (Don't bother googling MSP, I coined the term 5 minutes ago).Aphantasia is a mental condition characterized by an inability to voluntarily visualize mental imagery or to recall sounds, smells, tastes, or sensations of touch; the individual simply doesn't have mental sensory perception. What!? Most people walk around with the ability to see, hear, smell, taste and touch in the minds?Wait...some people can't see, hear, smell, taste and touch in their minds?Are you kidding? Whether you do or don't have mental sensory perception, most people don't even realize this is a real "thing" and "discover" Aphantasia by accident? And why isn't Mental Sensory Perception a common term? ESP is but MSP isn't? How about we put MSP in the psychology books, at least then people can ask questions, like, for instance, "what is it?". We have all heard the term Extra Sensory Perception or ESP, rejected by the science community almost entirely for lack of physical evidence. It is a condition completely based on anecdotal evidence yet is considered our sixth sense. MSP is literally a sixth sense. Mental Sensory Perception is a real ability that is as mysterious and unexplained as ESP but it is based on a factual "unacknowledged" ability unlike ESP which is a suspected "extra" ability. Having MSP absolutely is an "extra" sensory perception precisely because about 2% of the world population doesn't have this ability and just about all of them were born this way.That about sums up the general state of understanding for people that come to learn about Aphantasia. It is really quite the riddle. Some people simply do not have mental sensory perception. But why do we call people that don't have MSP a name that means without imagination? Everyone with this condition has an imagination, they just can't "see, hear, smell, taste, or touch" with their imagination. But more importantly, why is such a big deal not a big deal?Yes, it matters whether you do or do not have mental sensory perception. After all the research on Aphantasia since my moment of discovery, I'm not sure having MSP is a benefit or detriment to people unless they know the power of either gift. However, knowing this information helps to explain the way you learn, the way you communicate and the way you integrate yourself within society. It's a big deal! In fact, the first thing I did when I learned this was a "thing" was to ask my 7 year old son if he could see images in his mind. Why? Because if he couldn't, it would help to understand his behavior, his interests, and his capabilities to learn, experience, and grow.This book does not discuss the science of Aphantasia, primarily because there really is none. Even following Professor Zeman's study, 5 years ago, there still hasn't been any concrete scientific research conducted to understand this condition.Instead, this book simply serves to provide the reader, whether you are an aphant or a phant, with a clearer understanding of what aphantasia is in relation to mental sensory perception, how most people come to discover this condition and some insights, strategies and tactics to adjust their daily living in order to live with or without a condition that may or may not have hindered your forward progress.

Vengeance hides at the edge of perception.

“Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if we’re not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington Post I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. “Blindspot” is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases. Writing with simplicity and verve, Banaji and Greenwald question the extent to which our perceptions of social groups—without our awareness or conscious control—shape our likes and dislikes and our judgments about people’s character, abilities, and potential. In Blindspot, the authors reveal hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test, a method that has revolutionized the way scientists learn about the human mind and that gives us a glimpse into what lies within the metaphoric blindspot. The title’s “good people” are those of us who strive to align our behavior with our intentions. The aim of Blindspot is to explain the science in plain enough language to help well-intentioned people achieve that alignment. By gaining awareness, we can adapt beliefs and behavior and “outsmart the machine” in our heads so we can be fairer to those around us. Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds. Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come. Praise for Blindspot “Conversational . . . easy to read, and best of all, it has the potential, at least, to change the way you think about yourself.”—Leonard Mlodinow, The New York Review of Books “Banaji and Greenwald deserve a major award for writing such a lively and engaging book that conveys an important message: Mental processes that we are not aware of can affect what we think and what we do. Blindspot is one of the most illuminating books ever written on this topic.”—Elizabeth F. Loftus, Ph.D., distinguished professor, University of California, Irvine; past president, Association for Psychological Science; author of Eyewitness Testimony

How to overcome self-imposed limits of thinking by disciplining and directing the unconscious towards an understanding of self and others.

Psychologist Van Hecke argues that much of what we label stupidity can better be explained as blind spots. Full of funny, poignant stories about human foibles, "Blind Spots" offers many insights for improving our social and political lives.

In Mindblindness, Simon Baron-Cohen presents a model of the evolution and development of "mindreading." He argues that we mindread all the time, effortlessly, automatically, and mostly unconsciously. It is the natural way in which we interpret, predict, and participate in social behavior and communication. We ascribe mental states to people: states such as thoughts, desires, knowledge, and intentions. Building on many years of research, Baron-Cohen concludes that children with autism, suffer from "mindblindness" as a result of a selective impairment in mindreading. For these children, the world is essentially devoid of mental things. Baron-Cohen develops a theory that draws on data from comparative psychology, from developmental, and from neuropsychology. He argues that specific neurocognitive mechanisms have evolved that allow us to mindread, to make sense of actions, to interpret gazes as meaningful, and to decode "the language of the eyes." A Bradford Book