Blind vision the neuroscience of visual impairment /

Cattaneo, Zaira, 1979-

Blind vision the neuroscience of visual impairment / [electronic resource] : Zaira Cattaneo and Tomaso Vecchi. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011. - 269 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. (some col.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-264) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780262295819 (electronic bk.) 9780262295819 (electronic bk.)




Blindness--Pathophysiology.
Vision disorders--Pathophysiology.
Cognitive neuroscience.


Electronic books.

RE91 / .C38 2011

617.7/12