Touch and blindness : psychology and neuroscience / edited by Morton A. Heller and Soledad Ballesteros.

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TextPublication details: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1410615677
9781410615671
9780805847253
0805847251
9780805847260
080584726X
9781135619312
113561931X
9781135619268
1135619263
9781135619305
1135619301
1282375431
9781282375437
9786612375439
6612375434

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Touch and blindness.DDC classification:

152.1 22

LOC classification:

BF275 .T685 2006eb

NLM classification:

2005 N-530
WL 702

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 perspective, followed by an examination from the perspective of neuroscience.

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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 perspective, followed by an examination from the perspective of neuroscience.

English.

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