Neuropsychology of visual perception

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Neuropsychology of visual perception

edited by Jason W. Brown

(Institute for research in behavioral neuroscience)

L. Erlbaum Associates, 1989

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Includes bibliographies and indexes

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Description

This sourcebook for anatomic studies in the neuropsychology of visual perception contains chapters on disorders of visual agnosias, impaired object perception and spatial neglect, and abnormal visual imagery. The neurological basis of visual perception and the disorders that result from brain damage are discussed.

Table of Contents

Contents: Part I:Organization of Visual Cortex. J.H. Kaas, Changing Concepts of Visual Cortex Organization in Primates. Part II:Disorders of Object Perception. J. Zihl, Cerebral Disturbances of Elementary Visual Functions. D.F. Benson, Disorders of Visual Gnosis. M.J. Riddoch, G.W. Humphreys, Finding the Way Around Topographical Impairments. P. Rondot, Visuomotor Ataxia. Part III:Neglect. G. Gainotti, P. D'Erme, C. De Bonis, Components of Visual Attention Disrupted in Unilateral Neglect. E. Bisiach, A. Berti, Unilateral Misrepresentation of Distributed Information: Paradoxes and Puzzles. Part IV:Disorders of Visual Imagery. L. Jacobs, Comments on Some Positive Visual Phenomena Caused by Diseases of the Brain. M.J. Farah, The Neuropsychology of Mental Imagery. A. Paivio, A Dual Coding Perspective on Imagery and the Brain. Part V:Theoretical Issues. E. Poeppel, Taxonomy of the Subjective: An Evolutionary Perspective. J.W. Brown, Essay on Perception.

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