Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children Visuoperceptive and Visuocogn
Cerebral visual disorders have far-reaching consequences for child development. These have profound adverse effects on children’s education and success in school and also in later life, but, unfortunately, cerebral visual disorders often remain undiagnose
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Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children
Josef Zihl • Gordon N. Dutton
Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children Visuoperceptive and Visuocognitive Disorders
Josef Zihl LMU Munich Department of Psychology München Germany
Gordon N. Dutton Department of Visual Science Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow UK
ISBN 978-3-7091-1814-6 ISBN 978-3-7091-1815-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-1815-3 Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Preface
Despite the heterogeneity of the umbrella term cerebral visual impairment (CVI) to denote visual dysfunction in early childhood that results from a wide range of developmental disorders and brain injuries, research on CVI and its translation into practice has undergone a remarkable transformation during the last 10 years. Not only are the differences between the developing and the developed brain and the patterns of visual dysfunction better understood, but the concepts concerning functional plasticity, particularly in the developmental phases of the brain, have also been empirically established. This remarkable progress has been possible due to the successful marriage between the so-called
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