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To see but not to see : a case study of visual agnosia / Glyn W. Humphreys, M. Jane Riddoch.
LIBRA BF241 .H85 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humphreys, Glyn W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eye Diseases.
- Optics.
- Visual Perception--physiology.
- Visual perception.
- Eye--Diseases.
- Eye.
- Physiological optics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Eye Diseases.
- Optics.
- Visual Perception--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 124 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [1987]
- Summary:
- Brain damage may sometimes cause specific impairments in human behaviour. One rare impairment is the failure to recognize everyday objects by sight, a problem which is termed "visual agnosia." In this book, the authors discuss the case of a patient, John, who suffered from visual agnosia.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: pages 115-119.
- ISBN:
- 0863770649 :
- 0863770657
- OCLC:
- 17954189
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