Visual Agnosia
$60.52
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2004
Summary
The cognitive neuroscience of human vision draws on two kinds of evidence- functional imaging of normal subjects and the study of neurological patients with visual disorders. Martha Farah’s landmark 1990 book Visual Agnosia presented the first comprehensive analysis of disorders of visual recognition within the framework of cognitive neuroscience, and remains the authoritative work on the subject. This long-awaited second edition provides a reorganized and updated review of the visual agnosia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262562034 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262562030 |
| Author: | Martha J. Farah |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bradford Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
| Series: | MIT Press |
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Critics Review
“Martha Farah shows how a potentially impenetrable topic, visual agnosia, can be unpacked and analyzed in a captivating way. Her classic work of 15 years ago is now updated and fleshed out so thorougly that it is almost a new book. It is a must-read.” Michael S. Gazzaniga, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College
About The Author
Martha J. Farah
Martha J. Farah is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Center for Neuroscience & Society. She has worked on many topics within neuroscience, including vision, prefrontal function, emotion, and development. In her three decades of research she has witnessed the advent of functional neuroimaging, the burgeoning of cognitive neuroscience, and its expansion into the study of social and affective processes. She is now focusing her attention on the ethical, legal and social implications of these developments.
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