Tactile Acuity, Aging, and Braille Reading in Long-Term Blindness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-106

  Stevens, Joseph C ^a,c   Foulke, Emerson ^b   Patterson, Matthew Q ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0002722674     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.2.2.91     Document Type: Article

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