Author : Barbara Landau
Release : 2012-10-18
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 373/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Spatial Representation by : Barbara Landau
Download or read book Spatial Representation written by Barbara Landau. This book was released on 2012-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.