Spatial Representation: From Gene to Mind

Spatial Representation: From Gene to Mind
ISBN-10
0195385373
ISBN-13
9780195385373
Category
Medical
Pages
375
Language
English
Published
2012-10-18
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Barbara Landau, James E. Hoffman

Description

Despite our impression of a seamless spatial world, mature human spatial knowledge is composed of sub-systems, each specialized. This book uses the case of Williams syndrome — a rare genetic deficit - to argue for specialization of function in both normal and unusual development. The evidence suggests a speculative hypothesis linking the genetic deficit to changes in the timing of emergence for different sub-systems. More broadly, the book shows the complexity of spatial cognition, its genetic correlates, and realization in the brain.

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