Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought

How does the brain process information about our surroundings? How do we coordinate movements in, say, sports? Why do gestures help us think? How do language and speech relate to space? How did drawing, cartography and design evolve? The book by renowned cognitive psychologist Barbara Tversky focuses on spatial thinking. This thinking includes constructing "in the head" and working with images in relation not only to physical space, but also to other types of space - the spaces of social interaction and communication, gestures, speech, drawings, diagrams and maps, abstract constructions and the infinite field of creativity. The key idea of the book is precisely that spatial thinking is basic; it underlies all areas of our activities and all situations in which we are involved. Accessible and humorous presentation of serious, for many absolutely new material, as well as beautiful illustrations will attract the attention of the most demanding readers. They will find in the book both fascinating concrete information about the workings and development of spatial thinking and important high-level generalizations embodied in the nine laws of cognition.