A Case Study in Visual Agnosia Revisited: To See But Not to See

ISBN-13: 9781848720725 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 168 str.

Glyn Humphreys

Opis

Visual agnosia is a rare but fascinating disorder of visual object recognition that can occur after a brain lesion. This book documents the case of John, who worked intensively with the authors for 26 years after acquiring visual agnosia following a stroke. It revisits John's case over twenty years after it was originally described in 'To See But Not To See' in 1987. As in the previous book, the condition is illuminated by John and his wife, Iris, in their own words.

Spis treści

1. Serendipity 2. Meeting in a dressing gown 3. On becoming agnostic 4. The visual brain 5. A short history of agnosia 6. Integrative agnosia 7. Seeing the whole 8, What’s in a face? 9. Colour, movement, action! 10. The written word 11. Living with agnosia

O autorze

Glyn Humphreys is Watts Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, UK. His research covers the diagnosis and management of cognitive problems after brain injury, visual attention, perception, language and the control of action, and social cognition. He has published over 500 papers in international journals and 16 books.

Jane Riddoch is Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. Her research covers visual disorders (agnosia, optic aphasia), disorders of attention (neglect, extinction), and action (apraxia, action disorganisation syndrome) and neuropsychological rehabilitation. She has published 150 papers in leading international journals and authored/edited five books.