Wayfinding without vision: An Experiment with Congenitally Totally Blind People

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 227-252

  Passini, Romedi ^a   Proulx, Guyltne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0023788331     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916588202006     Document Type: Article

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