Visual Agnosia – Disorders of Object Recognition & What They Tell us About Normal Vision (Paper): Disorders of Object Recognition and What They Tell ... in the Biology of Language and Cognition) - Softcover

Farah, Martha J.

 
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Synopsis

Brain damage can lead to selective problems with visual perception, including visual agnosia - the inability to recognize objects even though elementary visual functions are unimpaired. This text reviews all the recent records of this disorder and places these 100 or so case studies in the general context of current neuroscience. It draws relevant conclusions about the organization of normal visual processing.

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Review

"Essential reading for all those interested in disorders of object recognition. It is the most thorough review available."--J. Davidoff, Perception

About the Author

Martha J. Farah is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Center for Neuroscience & Society. She has worked on many topics within neuroscience, including vision, prefrontal function, emotion, and development. In her three decades of research she has witnessed the advent of functional neuroimaging, the burgeoning of cognitive neuroscience, and its expansion into the study of social and affective processes. She is now focusing her attention on the ethical, legal and social implications of these developments.

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