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Touch and blindness : psychology and neuroscience /

This book, edited by well-known leaders in the field, is derived from the discussions presented by speakers at a conference held in 2002, and presents current research in the field. The book is arranged in a logical, disciplinary fashion, first discussing touch and blindness from a psychological per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Heller, Morton A., Ballesteros, Soledad
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Approaches to Touch and Blindness; PART I: PSYCHOLOGY; 2 Processing Spatial Information From Touch and Movement: Implications From and for Neuroscience; 3 Picture Perception and Spatial Cognition in Visually Impaired People; 4 Form, Projection and Pictures for the Blind; 5 Haptic Priming and Recognition in Young Adults, Normal Aging, and Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence for Dissociable Memory Systems; 6 Tactile Virtual Reality: A New Method Applied To Haptic Exploration; PART II: NEUROSCIENCE.
  • 7 Do Visual and Tactile Object Representations Share the Same Neural Substrate?8 Cerebral Cortical Processing of Tactile Form: Evidence From Functional Neuroimaging; 9 The Role of Visual Cortex in Tactile Processing: A Metamodal Brain; 10 Conclusions: Touch and Blindness, Psychology and Neuroscience; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Subject Index; A; B; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.