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Blind Vision

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Author : Zaira Cattaneo
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2011-03-04

Blind Vision written by Zaira Cattaneo and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-04 with Psychology categories.

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.

The Encyclopedia Of Blindness And Vision Impairment

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Author : Jill Sardegna
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2002

The Encyclopedia Of Blindness And Vision Impairment written by Jill Sardegna and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Medical categories.

A comprehensive guide to causes of blindness, information on diseases and treatments available.

Blind Vision

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Author : Nina Blakeman
language : en
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date : 2020-10-03

Blind Vision written by Nina Blakeman and has been published by Outskirts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-03 with Fiction categories.

If Hollywood wanted to entrance movie goers with small-town America, the ticketholder could rest assured that the hamlet would model such a place as Sperling, Texas. Just shy of twelve-thousand people, it possesses a charm of a by-gone era. The fact that the bubbly Callie hails from such a Rockwellesque burg is a surprise to no one. Callie Wallace met Richard Cortez in medical school, and they’ve come back to her hometown to set-up their neurology practice. When there’s a suspicious death of a hospitalized patient, Mr. Clyde Murphy, the situation presents a public relations nightmare for the administrator of Lake Sperling Medical Center. The Murphy’s are a wealthy, prominent family in the region, and when the fault points to the man’s admitting physician, Dr. Callie Wallace, an egregious widow is more than ready to take her pound of flesh. The situation at the hospital is a concern, but it soon becomes clear that Callie Wallace herself is having trouble with reality. Her head-trips can only be described as peculiar and she questions her own sanity. The analytical-minded Callie doesn’t want to accept that her visions have any relevance . . . but she’s in denial. This is because science dictates that hallucinations are nothing but the perception of a person’s truth. In Callie’s case, the truth is that bad apples don’t fall far from their trees.

Blind Vision

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Author : James Pittar
language : en
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
Release Date : 2019

Blind Vision written by James Pittar and has been published by Australian Self Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

When 10-year-old James Pittar started having trouble seeing at night he could never have predicted that within a decade, his vision would be all but gone. For a kid that dreamed of representing his country, it was a hard blow. And for most people, it would have spelled the end of that dream. But not for James. Just a few months shy of his thirtieth birthday, James did what no blind person has ever done before – he swam the English Channel. It signalled a shift in his mindset – from that point onwards, he would never think of himself as the underdog. He would learn that disability is only a barrier if you let it be. James is incredibly generous in sharing his experiences and emotions, and it’s hard not to be drawn in as he takes us on a personal journey through his childhood, the loss of vision in his teens, the decision not to let it define him, and his continual dedication to growth and self-improvement throughout his life. Blind Vision is a fascinating account of a unique and inspiring career in open-water swimming. But more than that, it is a story for anyone that’s ever been told they can’t. James Pittar is living proof that no matter what the odds, with dedication, passion, and the right people around you, you can.

Blind Vision

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Author : James Pittar
language : en
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
Release Date : 2019-04

Blind Vision

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Author : Richard Valanga
language : en
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
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Blind Vision written by Richard Valanga and has been published by New Generation Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.

To see the evil dead is a curse... It begins with the Roman exploratore Stasius Tenebris and the Calicem Tenebris (the Dark Chalice) - a vessel of evil that is brought back to life years later by Ethan Chance, a young man who was cruelly blinded by falling into an ancient Roman well when he was nine. Was it an accident or did the spirits in the well choose Ethan for a reason? ...the Calicem Tenebris restores his sight but at a price. This is the story of the chalice and the village called Darwell and the dark fate awaiting its inhabitants at the Festival of Healing. Can Ethan, his friends and a knight from the Crusades save the day or is Darwell doomed to forever serve those who worship Mars, the Roman God of War.

Blind Vision

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Author : Howard Myers
language : en
Publisher: Sun Coast Digital Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 2018-03-17

Blind Vision written by Howard Myers and has been published by Sun Coast Digital Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-17 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.

This is an inspirational memoir of a man who not only recovered from his Viet Nam War wounds that blinded him but from the force of darkness of self-pity, frustration, despair, and tragedy but thrived with a positive mindset and the principles for inspired living.

Visual Impairment And Blindness

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Author : Giuseppe Lo Giudice
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-09-09

Visual Impairment And Blindness written by Giuseppe Lo Giudice and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-09 with Medical categories.

Blindness and vision impairment affect at least 2.2 billion people worldwide with most individuals having a preventable vision impairment. The majority of people with vision impairment are older than 50 years, however, vision loss can affect people of all ages. Reduced eyesight can have major and long-lasting effects on all aspects of life, including daily personal activities, interacting with the community, school and work opportunities, and the ability to access public services. This book provides an overview of the effects of blindness and visual impairment in the context of the most common causes of blindness in older adults as well as children, including retinal disorders, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular or corneal degeneration.

Coping With Vision Loss

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Author : Bill Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Hunter House
Release Date : 2001

Coping With Vision Loss written by Bill Chapman and has been published by Hunter House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Health & Fitness categories.

This book begins with a promise: people with severe vision loss can be trained and equipped to function as sighted. The author, himself legally blind for 30 years, fulfills that promise with precise information and guidance on improving life through visual rehabilitation. The book explains fundamental facts about eyes and vision, including the causes and varieties of blindness, and then moves on to the new skills the partially sighted person must learn. Specific approaches and devices are covered in depth, including eccentric viewing and driving with telescopic glasses, and the visual and electronic aids that can help overcome the effects of vision loss. In spite of his own limited vision (20/240), Dr. Chapman uses a computer without a voice synthesizer, watches TV, and even drives, and he shows readers how to do the same.

Seeing With The Hands

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Author : Paterson Mark Paterson
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2017-12-11

Seeing With The Hands written by Paterson Mark Paterson and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-11 with Literary Criticism categories.

A literary, historical and philosophical discussion of attitudes to blindness by the sighted, and what the blind 'see'Why has there been a persistent fascination by the sighted, including philosophers, poets and the public, in what the blind 'see'? Is the experience of being blind, as Descartes declared, like 'seeing with the hands'? What happens on the rare occasions when surgery allows previously blind people to see for the very first time? And how did evidence from early experimental surgery inform those philosophical debates about vision and touch? These questions and others were prompted by a question that the Irish scientist, Molyneux, asked an English philosopher, Locke, in 1688, but which was to have implications for British empiricism, French sensationism, and the beginnings of psychology that outlasted the long tail of the Enlightenment. Through an unfolding historical and philosophical narrative the book follows up responses to this question in Britain and France, and considers it as an early articulation of sensory substitution, the substitution of one sense (touch) for another (vision). This concept has influenced attitudes towards blindness, and technologies for the blind and vision impaired, to this day.Key FeaturesUnfolds the history of 'blindness' from 17th century that shades into the beginnings of psychologyQuestions the assumed centrality of vision and the eye in Enlightenment philosophy and scienceTraces the core idea of 'sensory substitution' from hypothetical speculations in the 17th century to present day technologies for the blind and vision impaired

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