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On the Coexistence of CVI and Mental and Motor Dysfunctions

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As outlined in Chap. 2, a large proportion of the information concerning our physical and social worlds is processed in the visual system (Goldstein 2007; Yantis 2013). The close integration with cognition, language, emotion, motivation and the motor systems, as well as the importance of visual information for these functional systems, also means that visual impairment can affect them. Thus, the normal development of vision depends on the corresponding development of cognitive, linguistic, emotional, motivational and motor capacities, and vice versa (see also Chap. 3); hence, visual perception, cognition and mental capacities are closely associated.

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  1. Department of Psychology, LMU Munich, München, Germany

    Josef Zihl

  2. Department of Visual Science, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Gordon N. Dutton

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Zihl, J., Dutton, G.N. (2015). On the Coexistence of CVI and Mental and Motor Dysfunctions. In: Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1815-3_5

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