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Autore |
Cattaneo Zaira <1979-> |
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Titolo |
Blind vision : the neuroscience of visual impairment / / Zaira Cattaneo and Tomaso Vecchi |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , 2011 |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-25857-9 |
9786613258571 |
0-262-29581-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Blindness - Pathophysiology |
Vision disorders - Pathophysiology |
Cognitive neuroscience |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-264) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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