The Shape Of Things Unseen : A New Science Of Imagination – Adam Zeman

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Imagination isn’t a rare gift reserved for artists — it’s at work every time we remember, plan, daydream or read a story. Neurologist Adam Zeman, who coined the term ‘aphantasia’ for the inability to picture things in the mind’s eye, offers a fascinating new science of imagination.

Drawing on neuroscience, human evolution and child development, he explores dreams and sleepwalking, hallucinations and delusions, visualisation, play, and how we understand other minds — and why some people lead rich lives with no mental imagery at all. An engaging, eye-opening account of one of the mind’s most essential powers.