‘Fascinating, absorbing and educative’ A. C. Grayling

‘Highly original and beautifully written’ Dominic Lawson

A fascinating guide to how our imagination works, based on the latest scientific research. We often consider imagination as something used only in creative activities. In reality, we use imagination constantly as we reminisce, anticipate, plan, daydream, read, and create imaginary worlds. The truth is we live in the "here and now" much less than we think. Imagination is not the exception in our daily lives, it is our default mode of operation.

Through Adam Zeman, a neurologist leading the latest scientific studies in the field of imagination, it is revealed how the human brain is above all a creative and imaginative organ, and how we have evolved to share what we imagine.

Our brain acts in recognizable ways when we observe, remember, imagine, or act. "Schematic Representation of the Invisible" surprises and excites, serving as an essential guide to the latest discoveries about the functioning of the human mind.

Pages: 384, Year of Publication: 0429, Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm