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Loss of visual imagery: Neuropsychological evidence in search for a theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2003

Georg Goldenberg
Affiliation:
Neuropsychological Department, Munich Bogenhausen Hospital, D 81925 Munich, GermanyGeorg.Goldenberg@extern.lrz-muenchen.de

Abstract

Observations on patients who lost visual imagery after brain damage call into question the notion that the knowledge subserving visual imagery is “tacit.” Dissociations between deficient imagery and preserved recognition of objects suggest that imagery is exclusively based on explicit knowledge, whereas retrieval of “tacit” visual knowledge is bound to the presence of the object and the task of recognizing it.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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