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To See But Not To See: A Case Study Of Visual Agnosia

By Glyn W. Humphreys Birkbeck College, University of London; M. Jane Riddoch North East London Polytechnic., Humphreys, Glyn W.; Riddoch, M. Jane

Published December 25th 1987 by Psychology Press

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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,

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.

Name: To See But Not To See: A Case Study Of Visual Agnosia (Paperback)Psychology Press 
Description: By Glyn W. Humphreys Birkbeck College, University of London; M. Jane Riddoch North East London Polytechnic., Humphreys, Glyn W.; Riddoch, M. Jane. 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...
Categories: Cognitive Neuropsychology, Visual Perception