Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children Visuoperceptive and Visuocognitive Disorders /

• Main Authors: Zihl, Josef (Author), Dutton, Gordon N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Neuropsychology.; Developmental psychology.; Developmental Psychology.

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 undiagnosed and untreated in the pediatric population....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Neurobiological foundations and development of visual perception
• Cognitive functions and their development
• Cerebral visual dysfunctions
• Assessment of visual functions and dysfunctions
• Intervention
• Case reports
• References.