CDL

Question 1

parietal lesions

Answer 1

dorsal system impairment of spacial information processing

Question 2

temporal lesions

Answer 2

ventral system impairment of feature processing

Question 3

cortical blindness

Answer 3

damage of part of primary visual cortex
blindness for corresponding part of visual field

Question 4

visual agnosia

Answer 4

damage to occipital - temporal cortex
patient DF unable to recognise objects
almost unimpaired navigational skills

Question 5

optic ataxia

Answer 5

damage to posterior parietal cortex
failure to reach accurately for objects
unimpaired recognition of the same objects
difficulty in positioning fingers or adjusting grip

Question 6

image scaling

Answer 6

kosslyn - mental images
basically shows how people can imagine distance in heads
distance estimation in cognitive maps affected by:
-density of landmark in map
-presence of routes