Brian Boxer Wachler

Perceptual Intelligence

The Brain's Secret to Seeing Past Illusion, Misperception, and Self-Deception

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Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating, accessible description of how we see what we see and why this affects every aspect of our lives

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New World Library
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 138mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781608684755
• ISBN-10: 160868475X
• Artikelnr.: 46004977

Autorenporträt

An expert on human perception, Brian Boxer Wachler, MD, has pioneered treatments in vision correction and Keratoconus, has published 84 medical articles, and has delivered 276 scientific presentations. He is the medical director of the Boxer Wachler Vision Institute in Beverly Hills and a staff physician at Los Angeles’s famed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has been featured on all major news stations including CNN as well as on NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, Today Show, and is a regular on Dr. Phil’s The Doctors daytime TV show.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword by Montel Williams
Introduction
Chapter 1: Vanity Games-Sand Castles, Card Houses, and the Art of
Self-Delusion
Chapter 2: Perception's Seat-The Neurological Underpinnings of Perceptual
Intelligence
Chapter 3: The Emperor Has No Clothes-Why Do We Maintain Our Illusions?
Chapter 4: Out of Body or Under the Ground-PI and Death
Chapter 5: Extraordinary Knowing-Living on the Perceptual Edge
Chapter 6: Immaculate Perception-Would You Pay 28k for a Grilled Cheese?
Chapter 7: The Spell Of The Sensuous-How Reciprocity Hijacks Our Perceptual
Intelligence
Chapter 8: False Certainty-Blinded by the Halo's Glint
Chapter 9: Gotta' Have It-Cat Poop Coffee and the Seduction of Low
Production
Chapter 10: Fool's Gold-The Dynamics of Social Influence
Chapter 11: Gut Check-Understanding Our Intuition
Chapter 12: Fanaticism-A Look at the Nature of Extreme Beliefs
Chapter 13: Frozen Moments-The Subjective Experience of Time
Chapter 14: What Is Reality-Making Sense of Our Perceptions
Chapter 15: Moving Forward-Can Perceptual Intelligence Be Taught?
Epilogue
Appendix: [Survey]