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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456687703321

Autore

Cattaneo Zaira <1979->

Titolo

Blind vision [[electronic resource] ] : the neuroscience of visual impairment / / Zaira Cattaneo and Tomaso Vecchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-25857-9

9786613258571

0-262-29581-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VecchiTomaso <1966->

Disciplina

617.7/12

Soggetti

Blindness - Pathophysiology

Vision disorders - Pathophysiology

Cognitive neuroscience

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.