To See But Not To See: A Case Study Of Visual Agnosia / Edition 1

by University of London; M. Jane Riddoch North East L Glyn W. Humphreys Birkbeck College

Overview

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,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780863770654
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/25/1987
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Glyn W. Humphreys, M. Jane Riddoch

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.