To see but not to see : a case study of visual agnosia
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To see but not to see : a case study of visual agnosia
Erlbaum, c1987
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Bibliograsphy: p. 115-119
Includes indexes
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ISBN 9780863770647
Description
Brain damage may sometimes cause remarkably specific impairments in human behaviour. One very rare and specific 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 after having a stroke. John also had difficulty recognizing faces or his immediate environment. The book considers John's case from the point of view of current psychological theories of visual recognition, and from a review of other documented cases. It goes on to consider the implications of John's problems for understanding how we might normally recognize objects, drawing on investigations of his impairments. The book also includes chapters contributed by John and his wife.
Table of Contents
- Visual object recognition and its disorders
- the history of a case of visual agnosia
- the process of visual object recognition
- some experimental investigations
- other visual problems in agnosic patients
- some conclusions about agnosia and visual recognition
- living with agnosia.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780863770654
Description
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,
Table of Contents
- Visual object recognition and its disorders
- the history of a case of visual agnosia
- the process of visual object recognition
- some experimental investigations
- other visual problems in agnosic patients
- some conclusions about agnosia and visual recognition
- living with agnosia.
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