Abstract
Empirical data from experimental psychology, primate neurophysiology, and neuropsychological observations of brain damaged patients are the primary generators of experimental hypotheses for functional neuroimaging experiments in spatial neurocognition: the way in which space is mapped from early sensory codes (e.g., retinotopic maps, somatotopic maps) through transformation to higher-order coordinates. This chapter discusses the multicomponent nature of space representation and the existence of several spatial frames (e.g., far as opposed to near space); the distinction between object- and space-based visual cognition; the relationship between space and motion cognition; and the modulation of spatial representation and perception through attentional mechanisms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Handbook of Clinical Neuropsychology |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Print) | 9780191594250, 9780199234110 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 1 2010 |
Keywords
- Attentional mechanisms
- Motor cognition
- Space cognition
- Space representation
- Spatial neural representation
- Visual cognition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)