Blind Vision: The Neuroscience of Visual Impairment

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Zaira Cattaneo (Università di Milano-Bicocca) Tomaso Vecchi (Universita di Pavia)

Blind Vision

The Neuroscience of Visual Impairment

Zaira Cattaneo (Università di Milano-Bicocca), Tomaso Vecchi (Universita di Pavia)

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MIT Press
05 December 2023

Drug-induced states; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

"An investigation of the effects of blindness and other types of visual deficit on cognitive abilities.

An investigation of the effects of blindness and other types of visual deficit on cognitive abilities.

Can a blind person see? The very idea seems paradoxical. And yet, if we conceive of ""seeing"" as the ability to generate internal mental representations that may contain visual details, the idea of blind vision becomes a concept subject to investigation. In this book, Zaira Cattaneo and Tomaso Vecchi examine the effects of blindness and other types of visual deficit on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system. Drawing on behavioral and neurophysiological data, Cattaneo and Vecchi analyze research on mental imagery, spatial cognition, and compensatory mechanisms at the sensorial, cognitive, and cortical levels in individuals with complete or profound visual impairment. They find that our brain does not need our eyes to ""see.""

Cattaneo and Vecchi address critical questions of broad importance- the relationship of visual perception to imagery and working memory and the extent to which mental imagery depends on normal vision; the functional and neural relationships between vision and the other senses; the specific aspects of the visual experience that are crucial to cognitive development or specific cognitive mechanisms; and the extraordinary plasticity of the brain-as illustrated by the way that, in the blind, the visual cortex may be reorganized to support other perceptual or cognitive funtions. In the absence of vision, the other senses work as functional substitutes and are often improved. With Blind Vision, Cattaneo and Vecchi take on the ""tyranny of the visual,"" pointing to the importance of the other senses in cognition."

By: Zaira Cattaneo (Università di Milano-Bicocca), Tomaso Vecchi (Universita di Pavia)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262549882
ISBN 10: 0262549883
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 05 December 2023
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zaira Cattaneo is a Research Scientist at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Tomaso Vecchi is Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Head of the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, and Vice-Rector at the University of Pavia, Italy. He is also Head of the Cognitive Neurostimulation Lab at the National Neurological Institute, IRCCS Mondino Foundation.

Reviews for Blind Vision: The Neuroscience of Visual Impairment

I would highly recommend Blind Vision: The Neuroscience of Visual Impairment.... The book is clearly written and well documented, as well as being the only one that I am aware of that tackles this important but seldom discussed research area.--Paula Goolkasian, PsycCRITIQUES--