Imagery and Spatial Cognition

1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction; 3. SECTION 1: Methodology of imagery and visuo-spatial functions; 4. Early methods for assessing imagery and nonverbal abilities (by Richardson, John T.E.); 5. The assessment of imagery and visuo-spatial working memory functions in children and adults (by Mammarella, Irene C.); 6. Do we only remember where we left our things when we expect to need them again: Expectancy manipulations and object-location memory (by Postma, Albert); 7. Variations on the image scanning paradigm: What do they contribute to our knowledge of mental imagery? (by Denis, Michel); 8. The use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in spatial cognition (by Oliveri, Massimiliano); 9. SECTION 2: Models and components of imagery and visuo-spatial processes; 10. Neural bases and cognitive mechanisms of Human Spatial Memory (by Panagiotaki, Panagiota); 11. Working memory, imagery and visuo-spatial mechanisms (by Cattaneo, Zaira); 12. The episodic buffer: Implications and connections with visuo-spatial research (by Pearson, David G.); 13. Visuo-spatial components of numerical representation (by Hevia, Maria-Dolores de); 14. Motor components and complexity effects in visuo-spatial processes (by Logie, Robert H.); 15. SECTION 3: Aging and visuo-spatial abilities; 16. Aging and Visuo-spatial working memory (by Cavallini, Elena); 17. Imagery and aging (by Palladino, Paola); 18. Object-location memory in ageing and dementia (by Kessels, Roy P.C.); 19. Visuospatial and constructional impairments in mental deterioration (by Grossi, Dario); 20. Using visual imagery as a mnemonic for verbal associative learning: Developmental and individual differences (by Hertzog, Christopher); 21. SECTION 4: Neuropsychological aspects of space representation; 22. Spatial navigation: Cognitive and neuropsychological aspects (by Guariglia, Cecilia); 23. Visuomotor control of spatially directed action (by Milner, A. David); 24. Visual peripersonal space (by Serino, Andrea); 25. Visual perceptual processing in unilateral spatial neglect: The case of visual illusions (by Vallar, Giuseppe); 26. The impairment of the body image in the unilateral neglect syndrome (by Bottini, Gabriella); 27. Simulating object-centred neglect with head-centred coding of space based on non-linear gaze-dependent units (by Silvetti, Massimo); 28. Omission vs. shift of details in spatial representations (by Toraldo, Alessio); 29. Name Index; 30. Subject Index