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Part 1 The essence of images, Jonathan Miller; what does the brain see?How does it understand? Horace B. Barlow; pictoral instructions, ErnstGombrich; computer-generated cartoons, Don E.Pearson et al; the tricksof colour, John D.Mollon. Part 2 Movement, Nicholas K.Humphrey; Benesh- the notation of dance, Kenneth Macmillan and Monica L.Parker; threestages in the classification of body movements by visual neurons, DavidI.Perrett et al; what does gesture add to the spoken word?, Peter Bull;visual processing of moving images, Anthony Movshon. Part 3 Narration,Mel Calman: narration with words, David Lodge; animal language, John R.Krebs; are the signs of language arbitary? Margaret Deuchar; movingpictures, Jonathan Miller. Part 4 Making Images, ChristopherLonguet-Higgins: vision in other animals, Michael F.Land; linkingperception and graphics - modelling with dynamic constraints, AndrewWitkin et al; understanding the digital image, John Lansdown; thedraughtsman's contract - how an artist creates an image, John H.Willats. Part 5 Images and thought, Richard Held: understanding imagesin the brain, Colin Blakemore; images of the functioning human brain,Marcus E.Raichle; thinking with a computer, Daniel C.Dennett; how do weinterpret images? Richard L.Gregory. Part 6 Images and meaning,Margaret Drabble; scientific images - perception and deception, JonDarius; pictures in the mind? Nelson Goodman; Postcript - onunderstanding mental images, Roger N.Shepard.