Amy Herman: Visual Intelligence

To teach people how to notice details they might otherwise miss, Amy E. Herman, an expert in visual perception, likes to take them to museums and get them to look at the art. Recently she escorted a group of New York City police officers to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and asked them to describe some of the things they saw.

“She taps into officers’ unique sixth sense, teaching them to tell her what they see, not what they think.”

“How many times do officers have to make order out of chaos? So many times in our work we come across things that don’t have a coherent narrative.”
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Amy Herman has a new book out, “Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life,”