The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198508336 ISBN 13: 9780198508335

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Cognitive and Neural Bases of Spatial Neglect provides an overview of this wide-ranging field of scientific endeavour, providing a cohesive synthesis of the most recent observations and results. As well as being a fascinating clinical phenomenon, the study of spatial neglect helps us to understand normal mechanisms of directing and maintaining spatial attention and is relevant to the contemporary search for the cerebral correlates of conscious experience, voluntary action and the nature of personal identity itself. The book is divided into seven sections covering the anatomical and neurophysiological bases of the disorer, frameworks of neglect, perceptual and motor factors, the relation to attention, the cognitive processes involved, and strategies for rehabilitation.

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About the Author

Hans-Otto Karnath is in the Department of Cognitive Neurology, University of Tubingen, Germany. A. David Milner is in the Department of Psychology, University of Durham, UK. Giuseppe Vallar is in the Department of Psychology, University of Milan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198508336
• ISBN 13: 9780198508335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Karnath Hans-Otto, Milner A. David, Vallar Giuseppe