Humphreys Case Studies in the Neuropsychology of Vision

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-84133-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

One important means to understanding normal cognitive functions is the study of the breakdown of these functions following brain damage. This book provides reviews of major case studies dealing with the breakdown of visual perception and recognition, including the disorders of motion vision, colour vision, perceptual integration, perceptual classification, recognition of particular categories of object, semantic access from vision (in optic aphasia), and recognition impairments with relative sparing of imagery. The cases are discussed in the light of studies that have followed since, and the chapters provide a context in which the contributions of the case studies can be evaluated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Humphreys, Glyn W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Background. Motion Blindness. Cerebral Achromastopsia. Integrative Agnosia. Apperceptive Agnosia: A Deficit of Perceptual Categorisation of Objects. Vision and Visual Mental Imagery. Category-specific Recognition Impariments for Living and Nonliving Things. Optic Aphasia: A Review of Some Classic Cases. Covert Recognition and Anosognosia in Propagnosic Patients. Relations Among the Agnosias.