Spatial navigation

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. SECTION 1: Methodology of imagery and visuo-spatial functions
6. Early methods for assessing imagery and nonverbal abilities 3
7. The assessment of imagery and visuo-spatial working memory functions in children and adults 15
8. Do we only remember where we left our things when we expect to need them again 39
9. Variations on the image scanning paradigm 49
10. The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in spatial cognition 69
11. SECTION 2: Models and components of imagery and visuo-spatial processes
12. Neural bases and cognitive mechanisms of Human Spatial Memory 85
13. Working memory, imagery and visuo-spatial mechanisms 101
14. The episodic buffer 139
15. Visuo-spatial components of numerical representation 155
16. Motor components and complexity effects in visuo-spatial processes 173
17. SECTION 3: Aging and visuo-spatial abilities
18. Aging and Visuo-spatial working memory 187
19. Imagery and aging 203
20. Object-location memory in ageing and dementia 221
21. Visuospatial and constructional impairments in mental deterioration 239
22. Using visual imagery as a mnemonic for verbal associative learning 259
23. SECTION 4: Neuropsychological aspects of space representation
24. Spatial navigation 283
25. Visuomotor control of spatially directed action 297
26. Visual peripersonal space 323
27. Visual perceptual processing in unilateral spatial neglect 337
28. The impairment of the body image in the unilateral neglect syndrome 363
29. Simulating object-centred neglect with head-centred coding of space based on non-linear gaze-dependent units 381
30. Omission vs. shift of details in spatial representations 395
31. Name Index 417
32. Subject Index 433