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Blind vision : the neuroscience of visual impairment / Zaira Cattaneo and Tomaso Vecchi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cattaneo, Zaira, 1979-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blindness--Pathophysiology.
- Blindness.
- Vision disorders--Pathophysiology.
- Vision disorders.
- Cognitive neuroscience.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Can a blind person see? The very idea seems paradoxical. Here the authors examine the effects of blindness and other types of visual deficit on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system.
- Contents:
- Blindness and sensory compensation
- The relationship between visual perception, imagery, and cognitive functions
- Imagery and working memory processes in the blind
- Spatial cognition in the blind
- Low vision
- The importance of blindness onset
- Cortical plasticity and blindness.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-264) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-25857-9
- 9786613258571
- 0-262-29581-4
- OCLC:
- 742350364
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