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Adam Zeman is Honorary Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, at the University of Edinburgh, and Honorary Professor of Neurology at the University of Exeter. He was brought up in London and trained in Medicine at Oxford University Medical School, after a first degree in Philosophy and Psychology. His earlier books include Consciousness: A User's Guide, A Portrait of the Brain, and, as co-author, Epilepsy and Memory.
Groundbreaking . . . Neurologist Adam Zeman takes readers on an enlightening journey through the science, psychology and artistry of imagination, unveiling how it governs our perceptions, fuels creativity and even leads to poignant failures. From everyday daydreams to extreme conditions like aphantasia and hyperphantasia, Zeman reveals the unseen landscapes of our minds in a way that is both accessible and deeply insightful. The Shape of Things Unseen is essential reading for anyone intrigued by the mysteries of the mind -- Prof Steven Laureys, Neurologist and author of THE NO-NONSENSE MEDITATION BOOK A marvellous account of the brain’s creative powers in perception and imagination, beautifully written, bringing novel insights to bear on the richness of mental life: Zeman is the poet of this science, bringing into seamless connection neurology, neuropsychology, artistic creativity and lived experience at the opposite ends of a scale - from those capable of forming exceptionally vivid mental pictures to those unable to do so at all – and what everything in between means for the way brains construct our worlds. Fascinating, absorbing and educative -- A. C. Grayling, philosopher and author of THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
