Brain damage may sometimes cause remarkably specific impairments in
human behaviour. One very rare and specific impairment is the
failure to recognize everyday objects by sight, a problem which is
termed "visual agnosia". In this book, the authors discuss the case
of a patient, John, who suffered from visual agnosia after having a
stroke. John also had difficulty recognizing faces or his immediate
environment. The book considers John's case from the point of view
of current psychological theories of visual recognition, and from a
review of other documented cases. It goes on to consider the
implications of John's problems for understanding how we might
normally recognize objects, drawing on investigations of his
impairments. The book also includes chapters contributed by John
and his wife.
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