| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Touch -- Psychological aspects.
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Touch -- Psychological aspects. |
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Blindness -- Psychological aspects.
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Blindness -- Psychological aspects. |
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Blindness. |
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Touch.
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Touch. |
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Blindness.
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Touch. |
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Blindness. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Heller, Morton A.
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Ballesteros, Soledad.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Touch and blindness. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006 0805847251 080584726X (DLC) 2005053041 (OCoLC)61247430 |
| ISBN |
1410615677 (electronic book) |
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9781410615671 (electronic book) |
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0805847251 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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080584726X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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