Spatial representation
Subtitle: from gene to mind
By: Barbara Landau, James E. Hoffman
Contributors: Hoffman, James E.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780195385373
Subjects: Cognition disorders; Williams syndrome
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 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.